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May 20, 2023

UN adviser warns about the destructive use of deepfakes

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

He argues policymakers need to do more to protect civilians.

Speaking to CTVNews.


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“A digital twin is essentially a replica of something from the real world… Deepfakes are the mirror image of digital twins, meaning that someone had created a digital replica without the permission of that person, and usually for malicious purposes, usually to trick somebody,” California-based AI expert Neil Sahota, who has served as an AI adviser to the United Nations, told the news outlet.

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