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When AI can fake reality, who can you trust? - Sam Gregory

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We're fast approaching a world where widespread, hyper-realistic deepfakes lead us to dismiss reality, says technologist and human rights advocate Sam Gregory. What happens to democracy when we can't trust what we see? Learn three key steps to protecting our ability to distinguish human from synthetic — and why fortifying our perception of truth is crucial to our AI-infused future.

How can the ability to claim deepfakes harm our understanding and acceptance of authentic images, videos, and audio? In other words, can distrusting media impact our perception of reality?

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