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Berkeley Non-Profit Works To Counter AI Election Disinformation
"There's something about images and video that just short circuits to the emotions of your brain," Lucas Hansen of CivAI told CBS Bay Area.
September 6, 2024
Deepfakes - or falsified images made using AI - are already making their way into the 2024 election cycle. With some using the technology to try to defame candidates or persuade voters.
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But a Berkeley-based non-profit is hoping to educate others of the technology's potential harm.
"When you see something that makes your enemy look bad, even if you're not sure if it's true, it can enrage you pretty seriously," Lucas Hansen, the co-founder of CivAI, told CBS News Bay Area.
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