A Republican lawmaker said Sunday that he is concerned about President Trump’s sharing of a heavily edited video that spliced together several verbal pauses by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). While none of the clips were “deepfakes” — realistic-looking fake videos crafted with the help of artificial-intelligence technology — Hurd said Sunday that they were nonetheless concerning. He added that lawmakers need to do a better of job of battling deepfakes and other disinformation as technology quickly transforms the U.S. political landscape. “There’s a lot of things that’s concerning with that video of Speaker Pelosi, and it was just slowed down to make it seem like she was having a hard time speaking,” Hurd said. You have leaders that don’t understand how this technology can be used in the future.

Source: Washington Post May 26, 2019 18:40 UTC