EU Warns Election Deepfakes Start to Surface in Member Nations
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Vera Jourova
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European Union officials have seen deepfakes surfacing in several member nations’ elections, prompting warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence and potential interference, according to a senior official.
“It takes 30 minutes to create a deep fake” using AI, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said. “We saw it in several elections in the EU member states. We don’t have the data to assess whether it influenced radically the electoral result. But if this would be used in a massive way, we could forget about free and fair elections.”