Trump Arrest Deepfake Photos Forecast a Strange and Scary Future

However, he concedes they are likely to be used to sew confusion in fast-paced, unregulated corners of the internet. “There are images as evidence and images as information, or in the case of AI-generated images, images as disinformation,” Higgins said. “If anything, the thread I posted proves how quickly images that appeal to individuals interests and biases can become viral, and fact-checking is something that takes a lot more time than a retweet.”