Creating Deepfakes: The Dangers of Altering Video Content with AI

Explore the capabilities of Artificial Neural Networks in creating convincing deepfakes, like a manipulated video of former President Obama. Discuss the ethical implications and potential harms this technology poses to responsible AI governance and trust. Understand how guardrails for AI can help prevent such incidents.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/39

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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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