China could use AI deepfake technology to disrupt 2024 election, GOP senator warns
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Sen. Pete Ricketts is sounding the alarm on pro-China groups' use of deepfake technology, warning that the communist country could disrupt the 2024 presidential election cycle.
During a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing earlier this month, Ricketts referenced China and its use of AI technology to create "deepfakes," which are fabricated videos and images that can look and sound like real people and events. A report released earlier this year by a U.S.-based research firm claimed a "pro-Chinese spam operation" was using AI deepfakes technology to create videos of fake news anchors reciting Beijing’s propaganda. Those videos were disseminated across social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, the report said. Meanwhile, China has its own regulations limiting the reach of deepfakes within its borders. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital.
Ricketts compared the effort to the Soviet Union’s vast propaganda network in the latter half of the 20th century.
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