OTTAWA – Canada’s cybersecurity czar says he doesn’t yet know how to publicly “deauthenticate” AI-powered fake videos as his agency warns of the growing threat of disinformation campaigns in upcoming elections. The possibility is real, likely to happen sooner rather than later and current verification tools aren’t enough anymore, says Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) head Sami Khoury. A simple voice message at the end of an ad “is not going to do it anymore.”“AI can now be used to almost impersonate my voice. But opponents’ ability to generate fake videos and images “exceeds our ability to detect them,” the report notes. “The airwaves can be polluted with fake robocalls, or fake videos … or fake messages or emails by people who are pretending to be the candidate,” Khoury illustrated.
