CNBC May 9, 2024
Key Points
– Martin Lee, technical lead for Cisco’s Talos security intelligence group, suggested the threat from deep fakes and other AI-generated misinformation to democracy may be “overblown.”
– AI isn’t as effective at impacting people’s political outlook and voting behaviors as good old fashioned fake news, Cisco’s Lee told CNBC.
– Machine-made content can often be identified as such when viewed objectively, he added.
Cybersecurity experts fear artificial intelligence-generated content has the potential to distort our perception of reality — a concern that is more troubling in a year filled with critical elections.
But one top expert is going against the grain, suggesting instead that the threat deep fakes pose to democracy may be “overblown.”
Martin Lee, technical lead...
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