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Crossing the Deepfake Rubicon

New research finds that we can now no longer trust our eyes and ears to reliably distinguish between real and AI-generated images, audio, and video. What does this mean in a world where the weaponization of synthetic media is becoming increasingly prevalent?

Brief by Di Cooke, Abigail Edwards, Alexis Day, Devi Nair, Sophia Barkoff, and Katie Kelly — November 1, 2024

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Crossing the Deepfake Rubicon

New research finds that we can now no longer trust our eyes and ears to reliably distinguish between real and AI-generated images, audio, and video. What does this mean in a world where the weaponization of synthetic media is becoming increasingly prevalent?

Brief by Di Cooke, Abigail Edwards, Alexis Day, Devi Nair, Sophia Barkoff, and Katie Kelly — November 1, 2024

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Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Privacy and AI

In the third episode of the Digital Dispatch, Caitlin Chin-Rothmann and Jim Lewis analyze the recent activity on Capitol Hill around privacy legislation and AI.

Podcast Episode by Caitlin Chin-Rothmann and James Andrew Lewis — July 25, 2024

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Protecting Data Privacy as a Baseline for Responsible AI

An audio version of “Protecting Data Privacy as a Baseline for Responsible AI,” a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Caitlin Chin-Rothmann. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Caitlin Chin-Rothmann — July 23, 2024

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Protecting Data Privacy as a Baseline for Responsible AI

This Critical Questions explains the U.S. and EU approaches to data governance and AI regulation, as well as the need for clearer U.S. data privacy laws to address algorithmic surveillance and decisionmaking.

Critical Questions by Caitlin Chin-Rothmann — July 18, 2024

Combating Disinformation

Disinformation is a daunting challenge for the United States and its allies and partners. This report assesses Chinese and Russian disinformation efforts in the Indo-Pacific and charts an agenda for the United States and Japan in combating it.

Report by Christopher B. Johnstone and Leah Klaas — July 8, 2024