They Don’t Call It ‘Artificial MENACE’ for Nothing: Deepfakes Threaten Elections, Claims Home Secretary
Ready for a sprinkle of techno-drama, enter AI-generated deepfakes. Our dear home secretary, James Cleverly, just put on his tech-predicting cap, and he’s giving us an earful. Remember when the most scandalous election hiccup was a ballot box mix-up? Ah, those were the days. Now, according to Cleverly, world power-states could be weaponizing artificial intelligence and manipulating elections. Grab some popcorn; it’s about to get controversial.
Key Points:
- Home Secretary James Cleverly warns of potential election sabotage through AI-generated ‘deepfakes’.
- Defined as AI’s creative masterpiece, ‘deepfakes’ mimic real people saying or doing things they never did, offering crafty criminals and underhanded states a new tool for chaos.
- Cleverly suggests that states like Russia and Iran might be send-off ‘malign actors’ to sprinkle some deepfake chaos on democratic processes globally.
- This shocking revelation came right before Cleverly’s tête-à-tête with social media moguls. Let’s just say this wasn’t the casual chat they were expecting.
Final Thoughts
So, brace yourselves, the techpocalypse might be closer than we thought. It’s not just the killer robots we have to avoid but deceitful digital doppelgängers too.
Kudos to Cleverly for dialing up the suspense on the deepfake dilemma, just when we thought 2021 was surprise-proof. Maybe it’s time for a group huddle among tech bosses to tackle this ‘deepfake’ conundrum before it infiltrates our election chambers. Here’s hoping the elections won’t be reduced to some AI-crafted ‘reality’ show. Watch this space, folks!
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/25/uks-enemies-could-use-ai-deepfakes-to-try-to-rig-election-says-james-cleverly
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