Operatives working for the Chinese and Iranian governments prepared fake, AI-generated content as part of a campaign to influence US voters in the closing weeks of the 2020 election campaign, current and former US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN.
US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters
After that we get nothing but in more words:
It’s unclear what was depicted in the deepfakes
The NSA declined to comment.
And some bits that kinda contradict the danger implied in the title
The Chinese and Iranian operatives never disseminated the deepfake audio or video publicly
While they didn’t deploy their deepfakes in 2020, Iranian government operatives
At the time, some US officials who reviewed the intelligence were unimpressed, believing it showed China and Iran lacked the capability to deploy deepfakes in a way that would seriously impact the 2020 presidential election
Finally, we arrive to the funniest part:
This story has been updated with additional information.
So the info is that there is no info? And this was written by 3 people? Give us a break CNN
Welcome to the internet, where we only read the title, and what we’ll base our opinion on.
This could also be seen as a form of misinformation. CNN can technically say “Yeah, but if you read the entire article…”, of which they know many people won’t.
And if anything, the whole talk about AIPAC these days has taught me that influencing the US political process from foreign countries is… not that bad.
So this title claims that
After that we get nothing but in more words:
And some bits that kinda contradict the danger implied in the title
Finally, we arrive to the funniest part:
So the info is that there is no info? And this was written by 3 people? Give us a break CNN
Welcome to the internet, where we only read the title, and what we’ll base our opinion on.
This could also be seen as a form of misinformation. CNN can technically say “Yeah, but if you read the entire article…”, of which they know many people won’t.
And if anything, the whole talk about AIPAC these days has taught me that influencing the US political process from foreign countries is… not that bad.
US intelligence fearmongering with shallowfakes.