A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning | CNN Politics
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Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the election.

A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning::Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the election.

  • General_Effort@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    11 months ago

    Dangerous approach.

    Bad actors will not watermark their output, or remove the watermark. All watermarking does is lend credibility to misinformation. It’s literally worse than nothing.

    • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      It won’t stop bad actors, but it’ll allow AI companies to cover their asses to avoid being blamed for misuse of their tech, which is one of the reason I think most AI companies will use it soon.