Even before deepfakes, voters have needed to sort through disinformation, which has even come from campaigns themselves.
“You don’t need deepfakes to spread disinformation,” says Hao Li, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Southern California who worked on a federally funded project to spot deepfakes.
With advances in technology, however, Professor Li predicts that undetectable deepfake videos are between six and 12 months away – a period that corresponds roughly with the election season.
Continue reading in the Christian Science Monitor.