Posted on 06/04/2024 7:22:42 AM PDT by bitt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Releasing an audio recording of a special counsel’s interview with President Joe Biden could spur deepfakes and disinformation that trick Americans, the Justice Department said, conceding the U.S. government could not stop the misuse of artificial intelligence ahead of this year’s election.
A senior Justice Department official raised the concerns in a court filing on Friday that sought to justify keeping the recording under wraps. The Biden administration is seeking to convince a judge to prevent the release of the recording of the president’s interview, which focused on his handling of classified documents.
The admission highlights the impact the AI-manipulated disinformation could have on voting and the limits of the federal government’s ability to combat it.
A conservative group that’s suing to force the release of the recording called the argument a “red herring.”
Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation accused the Justice Department of trying to protect Biden from potential embarrassment. A transcript of the interview showed the president struggling to recall certain dates and confusing details but showing a deep recall of information at other times.
“They don’t want to release this audio at all,” said Howell, executive director of the group’s oversight project. “They are doing the kitchen sink approach and they are absolutely freaked out they don’t have any good legal argument to stand on.”
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This calls for draconian censorship laws to prevent Biden from being mocked, parodied or memed. Lengthy jail time for these scofflaws that think we have Freedom of Expression against Dear Leader.
I bet the audio does not at all match the transcript which has been released. They cleaned it up so that the transcript isn’t awful. But the audio probably tells the real story. He’s a mush brain and they want to hide it. This has got nothing to do with Deep Fakes.
The AP writes deepfake news for the Justice Dept.
Perfect justification for a federal government run totally in secrecy.
You can say about anything you want against Trump on Yahoo! but against Biden? No way Jose. And of course (Let’s be evil) Google will use algorithms to promote or censor the views they want or are told to by the government.
Y'know, because artificial intelligence is indistinguishable from natural retardation.
Like there are no other video sources of Joe Biden speaking.
Completely specious argument.
Banks need to stop cash transactions because of counterfeit currency. /s
The entire US political establishment is a deepfake.
Garland says they censor things to prevent the spread of falsehoods. Wow, noble end justifies it. And if any falsehoods slip through they can simply censor those too, right?
Call Congress
(202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard operator
Mention state and zip to be connected.
Message: A plusperfect example of Biden “defending democracy”
............operating our govt in total secrecy..............
We don’t need the audio. You can play the full clip on the evening “news”
i guess “cuz it would make biden look bad” is not a good legal argument
wow... that’s a pretty good deep fake.
they should release biden’s hur interview and just call it deep fake...
Right on Cue: Biden Attacks ‘Convicted Felon’ Trump
Declares ‘Something Snapped in This Guy’ after 2020
Breitbart ^ | June 4, 2024 | Simon Kent
Posted on 6/4/2024, 7:03:42 AM by Macho MAGA Man
President Joe Biden attacked Donald Trump as a “convicted felon” in a vituperative campaign speech Monday night, declaring his “clearly unhinged” Republican rival somehow “snapped” in the wake of losing the 2020 election.
Biden claimed his moral high ground while addressing a campaign event at the private residence of a wealthy Democratic donor couple in Greenwich, Connecticut, embracing a carping assessment of his 2024 presidential rival, the Independent reports.
Eventually declaring, “This guy does not deserve to be president whether or not I’m running,” the octogenarian told his audience the nation’s justice is under threat:
Folks, the campaign entered uncharted territory last week. For the first time in American history, a former president that is a convicted felon is now seeking the office of the presidency.
But as disturbing as that is, more damaging is the all-out assault Donald Trump is making on the American system of justice.
Biden warned of Trump’s “all-out assault” on the justice system in revenge for his criminal conviction, saying it is “reckless and dangerous” for Trump and his conservative allies to say the verdict was rigged “just because they don’t like the outcome.”
The president then continued by outlining just what he says is at stake in this year’s race for the White House.
“The threat that Trump poses would be greater in a second term than it was in his first term,” he said.
“This isn’t the same Trump who got elected in 2016. He’s worse. Something snapped in this guy for real when he lost in 2020. He can’t accept he lost and it is literally driving him crazy.”
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So, that’s what they’re going with? In other words, from here on out, any embarrassing bit of spoken dialogue that is spewed forth by Briben will be marked as being tampered with by AI. (Because “Joe is brilliant and will run rings around Trump in any debate”, blah blah blah).
I believe that I will deploy this tactic if I ever become entagled in a legal web.
I will claim that any evidence presented could be the subject of a “deep fake”. Therefore, any suggestion of my guilt is void.
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