US lawmakers warn spy chief that ‘deep fakes’ are a national security threat
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/13/us-lawmakers-warn-spy-chief-that-deep-fakes-are-a-national-security-threat/
What once sounded like science fiction is now a reality: creating almost-perfectly faked videos of people saying things they never did.
Surprise: now they’re a reality, thanks to modern computing power and the power to instantly share it on the world’s social stage.