Experts issue deepfake alert to Georgia voters ahead of Election Day [Video]

Election Day is just one week away, and experts warn voters to be on the lookout for deepfakes here in Georgia. They’re computer-generated images, video or audio that sound or look like someone, but they are not. 

Voters like Sage Bernard say it can be tough to tell fact from fiction. “It’s definitely worrying when the election is coming up,” Bernard said. “You never really know the truth. You never really know who’s real and who’s not.”

When asked if she could tell what’s real and what’s fake, Bernard answered, “Probably not. Just based on what I’ve seen online, they’re pretty close to what someone actually looks like.”

Bogus content has infiltrated the world of politics. A video recently circulated of a man claiming to be a former high school student of Tim Walz. The man in the video accuses the Democratic vice-presidential nominee of sexual assault when Walz was …