deepfakes

The stakes can be high: Artificial intelligence makes it easy to synthesize videos into new, fictitious ones often called “deepfakes.”

No, You Don’t Really Look Like That - The Atlantic - Pocket Alexis C. Madrigal 2023

Whereas deepfakes (digitally altered visual media) and cheap fakes (low-quality altered media) are associated with malicious actors, softfakes are often made by the candidate’s campaign team itself.

AI-fuelled election campaigns are here — where are the rules? Rumman Chowdhury 2024