The White House wants to 'cryptographically verify' videos of Joe Biden so viewers don't mistake them for deepfakes
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Biden's AI advisor Ben Buchanan said a method of clearly verifying White House releases is "in the works."

The White House wants to ‘cryptographically verify’ videos of Joe Biden so viewers don’t mistake them for AI deepfakes::Biden’s AI advisor Ben Buchanan said a method of clearly verifying White House releases is “in the works.”

    • hyperhopper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      9 months ago

      Just because you’re writing this on the fediverse doesn’t mean it’s the answer to everything. It’s certainly not the answer to this.

      • Oliver Lowe@hachyderm.io
        2·
        9 months ago

        A link to the video could be shared via ActivityPub.
        The video would be loaded over HTTPS; we can verify that the video is from the white house, and that it hasn’t been modified in-transit.

        A big issue is that places don’t want to share a link to an independently verifiable video, they want you to load a copy of it from their website/app. This way we build trust with the brand (e.g. New York Times), and spend more time looking at ads or subscribe.
        @stockRot @technology

        • stockRot@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          A big issue is that places don’t want to share a link to an independently verifiable video, they want you to load a copy of it from their website/app.

          Exactly. This “solution” doesn’t take into account how people actually use the Internet. Unless we expect billions of people to change their behavior, this is just a pointless comment.