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(Image: Pixabay CC0) The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is participating in a European research project, called SOLARIS, to analyse the political risks associated with multimedia content created using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The objective is to propose regulatory innovations in this regard from the field of Law in order to fight against fake news and disinformation created with this technology. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are a class of AI models capable of creating multimedia content (audio and video) that resembles reality. The main challenge posed by these technologies is related to so-called deepfakes, fake images or videos that simulate real events with extreme accuracy. It happened recently, for example, with the image of Pope Francis in a Balenciaga coat, which was later proven to be fake. "This technology represents an urgent political threat, because it is already being used to spread fake news and disinformation. All of this is a crucial challenge for governance and democratic regulation.
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