Here’s How AI Could Complicate The Search for Savannah Guthrie’s Missing Mother
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"Proof of life” used to mean sending a grainy image of a person who's been abducted. That's no longer true.
When Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea to the kidnapper of her 84-year-old mother to send “proof of life,” she addressed the possibility of people creating deepfakes.
“We live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated,” she said.
Before artificial intelligence tools proliferated — making it possible to realistically impersonate someone, in photos, sound and video — “proof of life” could simply mean sending a grainy image of a person who’s been abducted.
That’s no longer true.
“With AI these days you can make videos that appear to be very real. So we can’t just take a video and trust that that’s proof of life because of advancements in AI,” Heith Janke, the FBI chief in Phoenix, said at a news conference Thursday.
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"Proof of life” used to mean sending a grainy image of a person who's been abducted. That's no longer true.
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