Deep Fakes and National Security, August 26, 2020. “Deep fakes”—a term that first emerged in 2017 to describe realistic photo, audio, video, and other forgeries generated with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies—could present a variety of national security challenges in the years to come.As these technologies continue to mature, they could hold significant implications for congressional oversight, U.S. defense authorizations and appropriations,and the regulation of social media platforms…”

See also:

• The original paper introducing the deepfake algorithm popular among meme-makers
• The YouTube tutorial for how to make the Baka Mika deepfake meme
• Way videos
• Researchers Britt Paris and Joan Donovan’s Data & Society report “Deepfakes and Cheap Fakes” on the manipulation of audio and visual evidence
• The potential commercial applications of deepfakes
• The ways in which the technology can be abused
• https://www.protocol.com/hulu-deepfake-commercial-ai