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Digital Media Misinformation (16)

Mass manipulation of public opinion through social media and other digital media

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  • Scientific American
  • 2020
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To Make a DeepFake

In conjunction with Scientific American, this thirty minute documentary brings the film In Event of Moon Disaster to a group of experts on AI, digital privacy, law, and human rights to gauge their reaction on the film, and to provide context on this new technology—its perils, its potential, and the possibilities of this brave, new digital world, where every pixel that moves past our collective eyes is potentially up for grabs.

  • Scientific American
  • 2020
  • 5 min
  • MIT Technology Review
  • 2020
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Inside the strange new world of being a deepfake actor

This article details the reactions to the deepfake documentary In the event of moon disaster.

  • MIT Technology Review
  • 2020
  • 5 min
  • Premium Beat
  • 2020
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Is Deepfake Technology the Future of the Film Industry?

This blog post explores what a combination of deepfake and computer generated images (CGI) technologies might mean to film makers.

  • Premium Beat
  • 2020
  • 30 min
  • CNET, New York Times, Gizmodo
  • 2023
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The ChatGPT Congressional Hearing

On May 16, 2023, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in front of Congress on the potential harms of AI and how it ought to be regulated in the future, especially concerning new tools such as ChatGPT and voice imitators.
After watching the CNET video of the top moments from the hearing, read the Gizmodo overview of the hearing and read the associated New York Times article last. All resources highlight the need for governmental intervention to hold companies who generate AI products accountable, especially in the wake of a lack of totally effective congressional action on social media companies. While misinformation and deepfake has been a concern among politicians since the advent of social media, additional new concerns such as a new wave of job loss and crediting artists are raised in the hearing.

  • CNET, New York Times, Gizmodo
  • 2023