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Confidential Daily Comment
Deep Fakes
The propaganda wars are building, and the ability to distinguish fact from fiction, real from fake, will be critical to your future.
2 min read
We cannot trust anything we see or read in the digital realm.
The AI and deep fake video and imagery are now so good they can be almost impossible to tell apart from the real thing.
Skilled operators exploit that capability in every endeavour to manipulate public opinion. Its most egregious misuse is currently in the theatre of war.
Russia and Ukraine have been exposed as using deep fake videos for propaganda. The same techniques are already on display in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
You can expect it to get much worse as the technology gets better.
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