Deep Fakes: A Looming Challenge for Privacy, Democracy, and National Security
Harmful lies are nothing new. But the ability to distort reality has taken an exponential leap forward with “deep fake” technology. This capability makes it possible to create audio and video of real people saying and doing things they never said or did. Machine learning techniques are escalating the technology’s sophistication, making deep fakes ever more realistic and increasingly resistant to detection. Deep-fake technology has characteristics that enable rapid and widespread diffusion, putting it into the hands of both sophisticated and unsophisticated actors. While deep-fake technology will bring with it certain benefits, it also will introduce many harms. The marketplace of ideas already suffers from truth decay as our networked information environment interacts in toxic ways with our cognitive biases. Deep fakes will exacerbate this problem significantly. Individuals and busine…
Deep Fakes: A Looming Challenge for Privacy, Democracy, and National Security: While deep-fake technology will bring with it certain benefits, it also will introduce many harms.
Deep Fakes: A Looming Challenge for Privacy, Democracy, and National Security: Harmful lies are nothing new. While deep-fake technology will bring with it certain benefits, it also will introduce many harms.
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- Peer-reviewedSSRN Electronic Journal2018-01-01
- Peer-reviewedDigital Society2022-09-01
- Peer-reviewedJournal of Computer Science2026-01-01
Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0065, v4: “Deep Fakes: A Looming Challenge for Privacy, Democracy, and National Security.” Truvace, 2026-07-12. /record/TRV-2026-0065 (accessed at citation time). sha256 8e3911c017cc6612…
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