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Weaponized deepfakes
Deepfakes aren't a future threat anymore. They're weaponized. Here's what your board needs to know.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
Deepfake technology has crossed from theoretical risk to operational threat. As generative models become cheaper and more accessible, malicious actors are deploying them at scale—forcing enterprises and governments to rethink detection, policy, and liability frameworks.
The key facts
4 to knowDeepfake technology improvements enabling wider deployment
Generative models now cheap/free and widely available
Shift from expert warning phase to active threat manifestation
Article from MIT Technology Review signals mainstream concern escalation
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MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
Publisher excerpt: For years, experts have warned that deepfakes—AI-generated videos, images, or audio recordings of people doing or saying things they haven’t actually done in real life—could be deployed in malicious ways. These dangers are now here. Improvements in deepfake technology, and the widespread…