deepfakes Archives

Rep. Gerry Connolly. (House Oversight Flickr)

AI deepfake detection requires NSF and DARPA funding and new legislation, congressman says

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said additional funding of DARPA and NSF is “critical” to creating advanced and effective deepfake detection tools.

Nov 9, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

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Senate lawmakers see a need to legislate against deepfakes threatening elections, but can’t come to terms with how

The Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act offers one path to legislation that would curtail the use of deepfakes that threaten elections.

Sep 28, 2023 By Nihal Krishan Caroline Nihill

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USCIS pursuing broader data-sharing agreements with other agencies

Existing agreements are often old and fail to account for agencies' need to repurpose and reuse the data.

Oct 13, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

DHS’s forthcoming biometrics system presents unmitigated privacy risks

Iris and facial recognition services that the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology system will provide could be thwarted by deepfakes.

May 6, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

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GAO’s foresight shop has its eyes wide open for 2020

The Center for Strategic Foresight got to work quickly upon its creation in 2019. The team of nonresident fellows is planning another conference soon in 2020.

Dec 30, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford — U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Bruce T. Crawford, Chief Information Officer/G6 Office of the Secretary of the Army, and Lt. Gen. Stephen G. Fogarty, Commanding General of U.S. Army Cyber Command, visit various a tactical operating center during the Joint Warfighting Assessment on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, May 1, 2019. (U.S. Army / Sgt. Torrance Saunders)

Army refreshes its data strategy, with an emphasis on trust and security

"If we want to achieve outcomes, and that ultimately is our ability to properly leverage data, we’ve got to fix the data problem, and the first part…

Oct 11, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

GAO’s new futurism center intends to tackle space, ‘deepfakes’

The Center for Strategic Foresight will identify and track emerging issues, delivery its analyses to Congress.

Sep 12, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

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DARPA wants to tackle ‘deepfakes’ with semantic forensics

"Semantic inconsistencies" in artificially generated faces could give defenders the upper hand.

Aug 7, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

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Bipartisan bill would mandate DHS to keep a close eye on deepfakes

A new bill would mandate DHS, in consultation with several other government agencies, to produce reports on national security impacts of deepfakes.

Jul 5, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

Congress wants the Intelligence Community to weigh in on how to counter ‘deepfakes’

Among the lawmakers' questions: Has the technology already been used deceptively by a foreign entity? And what can Congress do?

Sep 17, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier