US Special Ops want to weaponize deep fakes – The Intercept

The Pentagon’s

Officials are seeking technology to falsify images for propaganda campaigns, documents show.

The Pentagon’s secret operations branch is seeking capabilities to deploy “next generation” deep fakes in information warfare and hack the Internet of Things (IoT) to track their impact, a procurement document has revealed. The Intercept reported on the initiative on Monday.

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