Excerpt, speech at the Heritage Foundation:
'Deep Fakes': What They Are And How They Could Impact National Security
Katie Zehnder
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“We, in our political culture today, are largely a reactive nation," began the senator. "We react to things after they happen. Something bad happens and we react to it. This is an effort to get ahead of something, to sort of see what the capabilities are, see what the trends in society are, put them together and anticipate how bad actors could utilize technology and technologically advance in the years to come."
We are here to discuss “deep fakes,’ said Rubio. Ninety-nine percent of the American population probably doesn’t know what ‘deep fakes’ are according to Sen. Rubio, however they have been watching them for years in sci-fi movies. “But never before have we seen that kind of capability become available right off the shelf,†said Sen. Rubio. We are seeing trends in the 21st century and the weaponization of information.
Essentially ‘deep fakes’ are photos or videos generated, of a person, saying or doing something that said person never actually said or did.
Read more at: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiezehnder/2018/07/23/sen-marco-rubio-warns-of-the-dangers-of-deep-fakes-n2501957
