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>> thank you for joining us, i'm stephanie ramos. it's no secret artificial intelligence is intelligence is redefining what's possible in a digital world and now fake photos related to donald trump's liminal case created by ai users are are flooding social media. leaving many to wonder about the potential dangers of this new frontier. ♪ as cameras capture in real-time the the arraigenofdonald, deepfs the formernt strugglingl medng
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with authorities. at times, appeango ay from them and even posing for a mug shot. they may look real, but none of them are. >> this is an entirely new era of this information and disinformation and fake imageries going to be really dangerous if there is no regulation or rules around that. >> trump's campaign using the doctored photo for this political advantage in selling this t-shirt emblazoned with a fake mug shot. in fact trump didn't have his mug shot taken when he surrendered to authorities. he was not tackled by law enforcement on the streets of new york city. all of these artificially generated images viewed millions of times showing how fast fake photos can spread like wildfire and with it disinformation. technology has involved and improve to the point where experts say it's getting harder to figure out what is fact and
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fiction. >> this is a field that's been around for five or six years, but it has suddenly become much more accessible, easy to use, and commercialized. what we are seeing is people taking the tools and playing around with them creating all kinds of bizarre and funny images, but some images that could be deceptive or malicious. >> this is the sort of beginning of social media when social media had zero regulations and no one knew what was going on and it was the wild west. that's what's happening with ai generated imagery. >> with a 2024 presidential campaign season underway, all of the worries added to the larger conversation surrounding artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and the political impact in a deeply divided america. >> social media has showing us the harm that social media can do without safeguards in place.
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se. ai can help deal with very difficult challenges like disease and climate change, but also address the potential risks our society and our economy and national security. >> it's becoming easier not to believe things that are true, i don't know how to trust anything because anything can be ai. it undermines a sense of shared truth. >> it's a threat growing for years. the deepfake photos of the former president only skimming the surface of what is possible with the rapidly advancing technology. >> we as technologists need to take more responsibility for the technology we are developing and unleashing on the road. >> this video shows the video though mike dangers of deepfake technology by manipulating world leaders into saying what they world leaders want them to say. >> it's not hard for it to
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collapse. >> your to determine whether it's authentic. happens on a daily basis now. >> experts say that women are subject to a majority of deepfake crimes when their faces are edited into content. hollywood actresses like alca alcatel, emma watson, and taylor swift have been the subject of deepfake videos. the issue is so widespread that platforms like reddit and hub have banned it deepfakes them nonconsensual content. big hollywood studios have taken advantages of deepfake technologies for their films. the "star wars" franchise using it to complete the rise of skywalker after carrie fisher passed away before the finish. it's not just the big screen, the most popular videos are ones that have gone viral on social media. >> i've will never say these things we are to speak of to
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skywalker" after carrie fisher >> graphic artist to create videos so realistic, it is hard not to believe your eyes. >> what is up, tiktok. >> like this tiktok. >> are you guys cool if i play some sports? today on the golf course with the top gun star, this is tom cruise, but a uncanny recreation. >> i'm chris. i live in belgium and i'm 31 years old and i'm in ai specialist and vfx artist as well. >> his videos of the fake tom cruise have been viewed millions of times online. >> to create something like this is not easy because on one hand you need a professional actor on the other end have me a deepfake specialist. i've been doing vfx for years.
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>> this is a 52nd impression of a snapping turtle. >> people are careful with technology and we have to learn how to handle the stuff. we have to learn how to con sources to ensure the authenticity of the videos that it's real. >> new ai tools like openai's chap dvt in mid journey made it easier than ever to create convincing machine generated text, images, video making it more difficult to discern what is real and what is not. my colleague rebecca sat down with openai ceo sam altman who said society needs time to adapt to the technology. >> we need time to field the technology and see how it's used and to go through a few iterations so we can get to the right set of regulation. >> time is running out with fake video spreading online of president biden using his voice, saying things he's never said,
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demonstrated in this clip. >> by then we'll be back "pod save america" this year. >> that's obviously fake, that's hartificial intelligence. >> urging all ai labs to immediately pause for six months. the training of ai systems more powerful than gpt 4 citing profound risks to society and humanity. >> is this technology going to have the kind of impact that maybe social media has had on previous elections? how can you guarantee there will not be those kind of problems because of chatted gpt? >> we don't know, we are monitoring it very closely and again we can take it back and turn things off and change the rules. >> take a look at the faces in the crowd. the faces are not clear and it's not a crisp image. >> they look a melted.
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>> spotting a fake picture generated by artificial intelligence is not that simple. you look at the ai generated photo of the pope wearing a white trendy jacket. how can we determine whether it's fake or real? >> if we zoom into his hand it's not particularly well defined and then if you look at his glasses here on the upper right, they sort of disappear into the background and there is something a little bit off about it. >> senior reporter focusing on misinformation that "abc news." she sorts fax from fiction for a living. and those of us at home scrolling through our phones, sometimes it's easy to fall prey to the dangers of ai generated photos. >> at one point ai could not get human hands correctly and a week later it figured it out.
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and something i could tell you today is not going to be a visual cue in a week. >> do we as consumers have a responsibility now to be able to determine what is fake and real? >> a lot of experts i spoke to said the on this really should not be on the individuals. to try to figure out whether something is real or not. we need to put the onus on companies. >> in fact, last year, the white house unveiled a road map for copies to follow. the ai bill of rights to help guide the design development and deployment of artificial intelligence and other automated system so that they protect the rights of the american public. as we move forward toward the election, what's the political impact of a photo like this? >> the political impact of a photo like this is that it is going to influence public perception of a candidate. there are many ways that i think
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>> her star turn in the broadway smash hit "hamilton" helped put phillipa soo on the map but she may be just getting started in and whether it's on stage or screen, the actress has a story to tell. she sat down with abcs mona. >> reporter: actress phillipa soo. ♪ ♪ >> burning up the broadway stage since originating eliza in the hit broadway musical "hamilton." ♪ ♪ a role that earned her a tony nomination. and a grammy award. >> you had a mere doric rise to fame, can you tell me what it's like just processing that's zero early on? >> i felt so lucky and i knew that i wasn't going to fully understand what was happening in that moment until i was where i
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am now. where i can look back and say like that's what's going on. now she's moving into a new genre, romantic comedy on the big screen in "one true love," adapted from the novel by best-selling author taylor jenkins read her character finds herself in the love triangle after her long lost husband comes into her life. >> i swear if i made it back to you i to i would >> i'm engaged. >> all the characters are lovable. emma has to make an impossible decision and she knows that she will end up hurting someone. no one wins, but at the same time you are rooting for everyone. we have the idea that our adventures have to be grand, right? we have to go to madrid, the great wall, go everywhere
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extraordinary. but extraordinary is everywhere. >> one thing that jumped out to me and i don't know if you can really relate, but this things changes that you're not the same person you were years ago. >> reporter: totally. >> i think that we are constantly changing and learning. i think this idea of love and relationships, it is something that can happen with love at first sight, but also you have to choose love every day. >> phillipa stars, the duo breaking barriers as two leading actors of asian descent in the romantic comedy. >> i should probably buy a book. >> this one. >> on the house. >> yeah. >> or, you know, you can just tell me. >> reporter: what does the representation mean to you? >> it means a lot. i feel a responsibility and a
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pride and these are our stories too. but here we are. more to come. >> reporter: is this something you would have seen when you were younger? >> of course. i wish the world had been that way centuries before. but i'm definitely sensing that there is a care and a willingness to make that a priority for storytelling that we are not telling these stories just for entertainment and just to make money and sell tickets. if we are doing it to move people and hopefully give people a sense of who they are as a culture. >> she's also back on stage starring in "camelot" the 12th century tale of king arthur's quest for democracy revived this time by eric sorkin. phillipa seen here performs of the behind-the-scenes clip.
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♪ ♪ >> it's all of the same songs, the same story, but i think we are looking at it from a different angle from where we are at today which is a society that is questioning if democracy works, is there a place for it? are humans innately good? are humans innately bad? where is the hope in the world that we are living in? >> phillipa's guinevere evoking her eliza in "hamilton," heroines of their own story too. >> these ladies are strong, independent, what draws you to those characters? >> like a common thread to all the characters is they are not necessarily living in a world that hold space for them all the
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time. they have a resilience and they find their way through it. >> phillipa's portrayal of eliza hamilton striking a chord with audiences and holding space for one little girl in a clip that's been viewed over 3 million tim times. >> that's eliza. it is! it's me! >> it's eo this is you? >> yeah! >> there's a video you shared of a little girl named jenny. >> she saw herself as he will. would you feel when you see that from the next generation? >> it's awesome and it's very moving. something that the play evokes is this idea that what we are doing is not for the end game for ourselves, it's to pass it onto the next generation.
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so when i do things like hamilton, camelot, i'm just excited to see the kids who come to see it and think, that speaks to me. that is my musical and i see myself in that. i want to see what those kids make like let's keep it moving forward. >> our thanks to mono. "one true loves" is in theaters nationwide this friday and on digital starting april 14th. when we come back, the queens of the court in the big celebration tonight in baton rouge. ♪ ♪ the assets? it's all here, as we discussed. (whispering) i'm in position. - should we get some lunch? sounds good. i'm famished. if you're an undercover agent, you need to be undercover. and if you want to save by bundling home and car insurance, you need geico. riley, get out of there. (whispering) in pursuit.
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>> finally tonight, the tigers on the prowl in baton rouge. >> go tigers, you're the national champions! >> this lsu women's basketball team was honored with the parade and a party on campus after beating the university of iowa to win this year's national championship. it was one of the most-watched women's college basketball games ever with nearly 10 million people tuning in. congratulations to them. that is "nightline" for tonight and you can watch all of our full epi your hairline. or that thing where your knee just gives out for no reason. but... you can choose your doctor who will care for all the things you didn't choose. kaiser permanente for all that is you.
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