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- The number of AI-generated deepfakes is exploding as tools become more sophisticated and widely available.
- Most deepfakes are porn and are being targeted at everyone from children to celebrities.
- Here's some of the attempts to arrest the explosion of deepfakes.
The risks of artificial intelligence can seem overwhelming — for every benefit the technology provides, there's an adverse use.
One major problem created by AI is deepfakes: videos, images, or audio generated by AI that can be designed to mimic a victim saying or doing something that never happened.
Some deepfakes superimpose a likeness onto real video footage, while others are completely computer-generated.