WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to and immediately following the Wisconsin primary election, Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, posted deepfake videos of Rebecca Cooke, the Democrat he will face in the November election. Both are vying for the seat to represent western and central Wisconsin.
The AI-generated videos make it look like Democrat Rebecca Cooke said things she didn’t.
Michael Zimmer, the director of the Center for Data Ethics at Marquette University, said while photos and videos have been manipulated for decades, something is different about how realistic AI-generated videos can be and how quickly and
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