UB expert to Congress on 'deepfake' deceptions: 'It's likely to get much worse'

An article in the Buffalo News reports on testimony presented to the House Intelligence Committee by David Doermann, director of UB’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, about “deepfakes,” artificial intelligence that now allows people to compose entirely made-up videos that show politicians saying things they never said.

The article notes that Doermann monitored the growth of deepfake technology while serving for five years as director of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) aimed at combating the phenomenon. “What was unexpected was the speed at which this manipulation technology would evolve,” he said.

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His testimony received wide media coverage, with articles appearing in news outlets that include the Associated Press, Roll Call, PC Magazine in the U.S., UK, Asia and India, England’s The Register, Deseret News, ABC News, The Epoch Times, Stars and Stripes, Nextgov , England’s Software Testing News and The Washington Times. Local coverage appeared on WGRZ-TV, WIVB-TV and WHEC-TV in Rochester.