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DoD wants to  use AI to create fake people

by on18 October 2024


As if reality was not fake enough 

The US Department of Defense wants technology to fabricate online personas indistinguishable from real people.

According to a procurement document, the secretive United States Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect them as fake.

The plan, mentioned in a new 76-page wish list by the Department of Defense’s Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC, was intercepted by the Intercept.

It outlines advanced technologies desired for the country's most elite, clandestine military efforts. "Special Operations Forces (SOF) are interested in technologies that can generate convincing online personas for use on social media platforms, social networking sites, and other online content," the entry reads.

In addition to still images of faked people, the document notes that “the solution should include facial & background imagery, facial & background video, and audio layers,” and JSOC hopes to be able to generate “selfie video” from these fabricated humans.

These videos will feature more than fake people: Each deep fake selfie will come with a matching fake background “to create a virtual environment undetectable by social media algorithms.”

Last modified on 18 October 2024
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