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Seeing is no longer believing: Deepfakes put a new face on cyber security risk
Artificial intelligence is making it hard to trust our own eyes and ears. Thanks to the latest advances in AI, highly realistic, fully interactive fraudulent personas can now be created with minimal special skills to trick people into providing sensitive information.
"It’s an arms race, and the bad guys, unfortunately, are a step ahead," says Bruce Watson, chief advisor at Canada’s National Security Centre of Excellence and University of Waterloo research professor.
But all is not lost. We have a few ways to protect yourselves and your business.
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