Technology experts are warning digitally altered videos of politicians will become a threat to democracy and could alter election results. Australia’s first political deepfake was posted on social media about four years ago. Since then, it has become harder to detect what is real and what is not.
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00:00Artificial intelligence and politics, a modern debate threatening an ancient principle.
00:09Australia's first political deepfake debuted more than four years ago.
00:13A deepfake is an AI generated simulation of a real person making them say or do things
00:21that they didn't really say or do.
00:24And it's becoming easier and faster to make deepfakes, and harder to detect them.
00:30In the intervening years, we've seen deepfakes used to mislead elsewhere in the world, including
00:38in advance of the US election.
00:40The current premier has also been subjected to deepfakes ahead of the Queensland election.
00:46His voice was manipulated to sell bitcoin.
00:53In my opinion, it is going to be a threat to democracy.
00:59With the ability to spread misinformation.
01:02That could have a huge impact in terms of how the voters cast their votes, and then
01:07it could change the result of the election.
01:10We made a deepfake in minutes, just by using an app.
01:14The Queensland Labor Premier says his party won't be creating deepfakes, but an LNP spokesperson
01:20says it's a way for them to connect to younger voters.
01:23I think it is our responsibility while using social media, is to double check and always
01:28rely on reliable sources.