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A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning
cnn.com ^ | February 1, 2024 | Curt Devine, Donie O'Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas

Posted on 02/02/2024 3:29:57 AM PST by ransomnote

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While the number of votes swayed by the leaked audio remains uncertain, two things are now abundantly clear: The recordings were fake, created using artificial intelligence; and US officials see the episode in Europe as a frightening harbinger of the sort of interference the United States will likely experience during the 2024 presidential election.

“As a nation, we are woefully underprepared,” said V.S. Subrahmanian, a Northwestern University professor who focuses on the intersection of AI and security.

Senior national security officials in the US have been gearing up for “deepfakes” to inject confusion among voters in a way not previously seen, a senior US official familiar with the issue told CNN. That preparation has involved contingency planning for a foreign government potentially using AI to interfere in the election.

State and federal authorities are also grappling with increased urgency to pass legislation and train election workers to respond to deepfakes, but limited resources within elections offices and inconsistent policies have led some experts to argue that the US is not equipped for the magnitude of the challenge, a CNN review found.

Already, the US has seen AI-generated disinformation in action.

In New Hampshire, a fake version of President Joe Biden’s voice was featured in robocalls that sought to discourage Democrats from participating in the primary. AI images that falsely depicted former President Donald Trump sitting with teenage girls on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane circulated on social media last month. A deepfake posted on Twitter last February portrayed a leading Democratic candidate for mayor of Chicago as indifferent toward police shootings.

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To: ransomnote

Bttt.

5.56mm


21 posted on 02/02/2024 4:25:48 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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To: Fester Chugabrew
Has anyone ever done serious research on the infamous “grab them by the p***y” audio?

Trump not only admitted to saying this but doubled-down on it saying that it's true.

And he's right.

22 posted on 02/02/2024 4:36:33 PM PST by Drew68 (Never forget that every person responsible for the nation's COVID policies totally got away with it.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

That take on things...I get it and it makes sense. But when Trump says “you,” it is easy for a lazy mind to jump to the assertion of “any guy, including me.”

The accusers will jump on that bigly, which they have.


23 posted on 02/02/2024 6:47:54 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (In a world of parrots and lemmings, be a watchdog.)
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To: Drew68

Thank you. That is my understanding as well.


24 posted on 02/02/2024 6:52:06 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (In a world of parrots and lemmings, be a watchdog.)
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To: ransomnote
***They are going to bombard us with fakes to try to convince us we can't trust what we see and hear***

Seems quite possible. The Left and the DS definitely want people to believe that elections can be tampered with - and of course only the Dem govt can find the true outcome.

RESULT: The Dems win all remaining elections. What a relief! 😥

25 posted on 02/02/2024 7:10:08 PM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Well Democrats have already altered that. They keep claiming Trump admitted that he assaulted women, but he did no such thing. He never said he did. He said “they let YOU” he didn’t say “they let ME” which could very well mean it’s what he observed, and I observed it!


Thought about your perspective on this several times, and to some extent it makes sense.

But look,at a transcript of everything Trump said at the time (c. 30 years ago). This is granting that no deep fake was in play. Trump himself apologized for His words, so I think it is fair to admit he said them.

My take is that at the time he was a rich horn dog speaking his mind in conditions he believed to be confidential.

Are we to conclude from this he this day does not have the best interesrs of the USA at heart and in mind.

It is difficult to imagine a non sequitur more obvious.


26 posted on 02/13/2024 3:54:30 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (In a world of parrots and lemmings, be a watchdog.)
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