Pentagon turns to AI to help detect deepfakes

The Dept. of Defense is using artificial intelligence (AI) to help service members detect deepfakes that could pose a threat to national security.

Generative AI technologies have made it easier than ever to create realistic deepfakes, which are designed to imitate the voice and image of a real person to fool an unwitting viewer. In the context of national security, deepfakes could be used to dupe military or intelligence personnel into divulging sensitive information to an adversary of the U.S. posing as a trusted