Eyes and Ears on the Test Bench - Condensed version of the TA-SWISS study, "Deepfakes and Manipulated Realities"

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) is proceeding at a rapid pace, as is the production of “synthetic” videos, images and audio recordings. These do not present any genuine facts – they are created by computer software. Because it is becoming easier to produce deepfakes, it is to be expected that their social significance will increase rapidly. Deepfakes open up opportunities in the entertainment sector, and in the field of training and further education. But the associated risks – above all in the political sphere, in the context of mobbing of individuals and from the point of view of financial crime – cannot be dismissed out of hand.