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Deepfakes and synthetic material — material that resembles reality or real people but is generated artificially — is becoming more prevalent on social media and sometimes also makes it into the mainstream news flow.
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Deepfakes: journalism, media and democracy in the age of AI

Artificial intelligence is a tool and it is vital for us to harness its benefits and regulate its drawbacks — and we need to act fast

  • Ylva Rodny-Gumede
5 min read