ChatGPT has a clever new way to fight back against election deepfakes — I tried it and it actually works
By Elton Jones, Tom's Guide
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With the US midterm election just a week away (Nov. 3), it’s important to avoid deepfake images meant to spread misinformation among voters. I’ve come across far too many instances of older folks in the comments section falling for obvious attempts at political deepfakes. That trend got so bad during the 2024 US election that the “Tech Accord to Combat Deceptive Use of AI in 2024 Elections” was enacted, with companies such as Anthropic, Meta, Google and Microsoft signing on to uphold its mission to introduce “a set of commitments to deploy technology countering harmful AI-generated content meant to deceive voters.” Part of that accord’s mission statement is as follows: “Digital content addressed by the accord consists of AI-generated audio, video, and images that deceptively fake or alter the appearance…
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