Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Artificial Intelligence to Weaponize Fake Videos

Deception operations using high-quality fake videos produced with artificial intelligence are the next phase of information warfare operations by nation states aimed at subverting American democracy.

Deepfake videos are produced by first collecting still images of a person's head and applying facial recognition software, such as the program FakeApp, to produce life-like videos.

The quality of deceptive videos is increasing rapidly as artificial intelligence and its subset machine learning are applying advanced algorithms to the video and audio simulation process.

Rubio said there is an awareness of the threat posed by deepfakes within the U.S. government but mainly at lower levels in the intelligence agencies among people that specialize in countering foreign intelligence disinformation.

Foreign intelligence services, such as Russia's FSB noted for its interference in the 2016 presidential election, could produce a deepfake videos of a politician using a racial slur or taking a bribe and use the disinformation to help defeat one candidate or boost the election fortunes of another.

Solutions to deepfakes will be difficult even with advanced technology tools that use artificial intelligence to deal with the problem.

"We live in a day and age where videos are widely available and a lot of things these days are captured and reported because some bystander with a cell phone captures video and shares it," Rubio said.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/artificial-intelligence-weaponize-fake-videos/ 

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