AI, elections, and deepfakes. How do we know what is real? [Video]

SALT LAKE CITY — AI-generated content is expected to have an impact on the election this year, but it’s only a start to a long road ahead.

The AI-generated content we see now ranges from robocalls impersonating the nominees or campaign staff voices to deepfakes of candidates saying things they normally wouldn’t.

There has already been one deepfake video of Gov. Spencer Cox going around this year. It falsely portrayed him admitting to fraudulent collection of ballot signatures, something his primary opponent had been accusing him of.

Director at the center for National Security Studies at UVU Brandon Amacher said that technology is just getting better. And it will only get harder to pick out what’s real and what’s artificial intelligence from here.

He compared it to 2008, when social media was up and coming and began to affect the election cycle. Cut to a few years later in 2014 and …