AI-generated Hoaxes Pose a ‘Persistent Threat’ to Public Safety: Intel Analysis

AI-generated Hoaxes Pose a ‘Persistent Threat’ to Public Safety: Intel Analysis
A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy
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Violent extremists who lack the means to carry out an attack in Canada could compensate by perpetrating hoaxes with the help of artificial intelligence, says a newly released analysis.

The May report by the federal Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre, obtained through the Access to Information Act, warns that such visual trickery, known as a deepfake, poses “a persistent threat to public safety.”