Congressional Research Service Releases Report on Deep Fakes

As the public policy research arm of Congress, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides Members of Congress with a base on information to help with policy decisions. In August, the CRS released a report on deep fakes and the implications they could have on national security, along with information on what is being done to help identify these manipulations. 

Deep fakes, or manipulated media created using artificial intelligence, are more prominent now than ever before. Deep fake technology can be used to create a photo that was never taken or to make a person appear to say something they never actually said. As these manipulations get more sophisticated over time, it can become more difficult to determine what is real and what is fake. 

Today, we are working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the Media Forensics (MediFor) system, which is one of two programs that can detect deep fakes, as mentioned in the report. MediFor uses machine learning to help quickly identify potentially manipulated media and mitigate the spread of this misinformation. Click here to learn more about MediFor and our role in the program, and read the full CRS report here.