AI deepfakes may advance misinformation in upcoming elections | BBC News

Artificial intelligence tools make it easy and fast to create convincing fake videos. AI has already been used to disrupt elections around the world - and there are fears among senior politicians and the security services that the UK will be next. If social media is flooded with synthetic images and text - even if it is clearly labelled as such - some experts fear voters could reach the point where where they no longer know what is real or not. The media, the tech giants, the security services - and the political parties - will all have to grapple with this challenge at the next general election. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #AI #Elections #BBCNews