This presidential cycle has already seen several high-profile examples of people using deepfakes to try to influence voters. Deepfakes are images, audio recordings, or videos generated or modified using artificial intelligence (AI) models to depict real or fictional people. Recent deepfake examples include manipulated audio of Joe Biden urging voters to stay home during primaries and fabricated images of Taylor Swift endorsing Donald Trump.
AI video generation expert discusses the technology’s rapid advances—and its current limitations
