No shortage of fumbling in the dark to neuter deepfakes

An article in a UK politics trade publication sees domestic lawmakers deliberately ignoring the dangers posed by deepfakes.

Maybe to rub some noses in their ignorance, that publication, The House, topped a news story with a vividly manufactured photo of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in jail. The House is written mostly by parliamentarians about the institution.

It is one of several very recent voices added to the more-sober debates about where identity misappropriation is going next.

But deepfakes, whatever …

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