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World Congress 2024 • Aug 29, 2024 • Session details

The AI Elections: How Technology Could Shape Public Sentiment

Martin Förtsch , Thomas Endres

Are deepfakes the ultimate threat to global elections? The real danger isn't advanced AI, but our shrinking attention spans that let synthetic manipulation slip by unnoticed.

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#1 about 9 min

Impact of generative AI on democratic elections

How AI-generated images and media manipulation scale up to influence global democratic structures.

#2 about 6 min

Technical pipeline for real-time video deepfakes

The process of face detection, segmentation, and autoencoder generation to swap facial structures in real time.

#3 about 3 min

Exploiting deepfakes in live video conferencing

Using real-time voice and video manipulation to deceive targets in live meetings and extract funds.

#4 about 2 min

Analyzing visual artifacts in synthetic media

How to spot current generation deepfakes by observing unnatural skin patterns, glitches, and lagging facial features.

#5 about 4 min

Automating social media bots with large language models

Training localized text generation models on platform scraping to flood discussions with autonomous comments.

#6 about 2 min

Generating and evaluating synthetic voice cloning

The minimal training data requirements for models capturing speech cadence and intonation to produce synthetic audio clips.

#7 about 4 min

Evaluating automated detection tools and shallow fakes

Why algorithmic detection struggles with novel fakes and how simple pitch alterations create convincing false narratives.

#8 about 2 min

Mitigating misinformation and navigating human attention

Guidelines for manually verifying digital content sources amidst the challenges of rapid social media consumption.

#9 about 2 min

Using social network topology for bot detection

The challenge of identifying automated accounts based on standalone text versus network interaction histories.

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Generative AI accelerating the production of online deception

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Audience questions on deepfake detection, regulations, and ethics

Cheuk Ho · World Congress 2023

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Introducing deepfakes and the controversy of manipulated media

Thomas Endres Thomas Endres +2 · World Congress 2021

1:44 min

Addressing the authenticity of AI translated video content

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

2:47 min

Exploring computer-generated content and modern deepfake capabilities

George Proorocu George Proorocu +1 · World Congress 2024

8:22 min

Regulating deepfake content and AI transparency in Europe

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

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