The Deepfake Election Has Arrived

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🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Days before the presidential primary in New Hampshire, thousands of people received a call from someone who sounded like President Joe Biden, telling them not to vote. The call was a deepfake, and as WSJ's Bob McMillian reports, the rapid advancement of AI technology will likely have profound implications for elections around the world. Further Reading: - New Era of AI Deepfakes Complicates 2024 Elections Further Listening: - The Company Behind ChatGPT - The Hidden Workforce That Helped Filter Violence and Abuse Out of ChatGPT - OpenAI’s Weekend of Absolute Chaos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just two days before the New Hampshire primary last month,
0:09.0	thousands of voters around the state got a phone call.
0:12.0	What a bunch of malarkey.
0:14.0	We know the value of voting Democratic when our votes count.
0:18.0	It sounded like President Joe Biden,
0:20.0	but he had an unusual message. He was telling people not to vote.
0:25.0	It's important that you save your vote for the November election.
0:29.0	We'll need your help in electing Democrats up and down the ticket. Voting this Tuesday
0:34.6	only enables the Republicans in their quest to elect Donald Trump again.
0:39.9	Your vote makes a difference in November, not this Tuesday. If you would like to be removed from future calls, please press two now.
0:49.0	But it wasn't Joe Biden. It was a deep fake. That's our colleague Bob McMillan. AI has come a long way since
0:57.1	the last presidential election and everybody is wondering if all these amazing advances are going to be completely misused during
1:05.2	2024.
1:08.7	This was one of the first examples of a deep fake that we've seen in the 2024 presidential election cycle.
1:15.0	And if I was gonna be a betting person on this one, I'd say it's probably not the last.
1:24.0	Welcome to the Journal,
1:26.0	Our show about money, business and power.
1:29.0	I'm Ryan Knutzen.
1:31.0	It's Monday, February 26th.
1:37.9	Coming up on the show,
1:39.5	how a new era of AI deepfakes
1:42.0	could complicate the 2024 elections. This episode is brought to you by Empower.
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