Deepfakes Are Getting Better. That Could be a Problem for the 2024 Election.

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Remember the Jordan Peele deepfake of President Obama from 2018? Since then, deepfake technology and other forms of AI-generated text, photos, voices and videos have become far more sophisticated and realistic — and more accessible to the general public. With political organizations and pranksters alike using these tools, we’ll discuss what has experts in AI and misinformation most worried. And we’ll hear what’s being proposed in terms of reform and oversight — from the private sector and in legislation — to decrease disinformation, confusion and conundrums ahead of the 2024 election. Related articles: Watch Jordan Peele use AI to make Barack Obama deliver a PSA about fake news Guests: Hany Farid, professor, UC Berkeley - with a joint appointment in electrical engineering & computer sciences and the School of Information. He is also a member of the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Lab and is a senior faculty advisor for the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity Scott Wiener, California state senator, representing San Francisco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.6	I'm Scott Schaefer and for Mina Kim.
0:53.9	Coming up, the rise of artificial
0:55.5	intelligence and its impact on politics. AI, like ChatGPT, has all kinds of possibilities and
1:02.4	also perils. The Senate Judiciary Committee is quizzing AI witnesses at a hearing today in Washington.
1:08.6	With the critical 2024 presidential campaign underway, it's raising red flags.
1:14.0	We're already seeing AI-generated images and audio.
1:17.6	Some see it as a threat to democracy.
1:20.2	The risks and unintended consequences of AI on the 2024 election,
1:25.3	many experts are calling for regulations before it's too late. That's next after
1:30.0	this news.
1:34.6	This is Forum. I'm Scott Schaefer and today for Mina Kim. Well, today in Washington,
1:39.7	the Senate Judiciary Committee is hearing from witnesses in the field of artificial intelligence or AI.
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