Canada’s next election likely to face AI-assisted interference, watchdogs say

CBC: Testifying before a parliamentary committee and speaking to reporters on Tuesday, foreign affairs deputy minister David Morrison and Nathalie Drouin, national security adviser to Prime Minister Mark Carney, said foreign adversaries are likely to use the increasingly popular technology.

The two pointed to the rise of deepfakes — hyperrealistic synthetic or manipulated images and video generated with AI — in particular.

“Look at how fast all this is going,” Morrison told reporters. “I don’t know when the next election is going to be but it’s a tool that all adversaries will use.”…

Subscribe
Notify of
guest
0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
×