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HOW DEEPFAKES ARE REWRITING TRUTH IN AMERICA’S COURTROOMS
Imagine yourself in a custody dispute with a former spouse, and they offer a video of you engaged in shocking behavior, sure to sway the court in their favor. You know the video is fabricated, and claim it is an AI deepfake. Or perhaps the video is real, and you falsely claim it is a deepfake, hoping to fool the court. This dilemma has been coined “the liar’s dividend.”
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KENTUCKY’S NEW “SYNTHETIC MEDIA” ELECTION LAW: A DISCLOSURE FIX OR A FIRST AMENDMENT FIGHT?
AI video generation has drastically improved in recent years. Released in September 2025, an OpenAI program called Sora 2 has been praised for its realism and quality in its video generation. Because of programs like this that can produce videos and images with convincing realism, Kentucky sought to regulate their use in electioneering communications.
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MAKING YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE: OPPORTUNISTIC BLACKMAIL IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Currently, 95% of adults in the United States have stated that they have heard about artificial intelligence. Although almost all American adults know of artificial intelligence, there is still much not known about the potential ramifications with this developing technology. One of the newest ramifications of AI is that systems have begun opportunistically blackmailing users.
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