Does the UN need a watchdog to fight deepfakes and other AI threats?
Deepfakes are synthetic media that can be used to spread disinformation and damage reputations. A UN watchdog could help to fight threats posed by deepfakes.
✦ Expert on global and emerging risks at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Focuses on the impact and consequences of geopolitical risks as well as emerging technologies on international affairs and international business.
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✦ Wide cultural understanding through extensive foreign residency and international experience in academic research and teaching (assistant professor level) undergraduate and postgraduate students, government officials and military officers in Austria, Belgium, China, Finland, Iceland, Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States.
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✦ Consultant on strategies and policies regarding political risks and foresight thinking for governments and the private sector (banking, insurance, energy, tourism, trading, defense, security, food industries).
✦ Former professor in International Relations and International Security at the Department of Defence Studies at King's College but based at the Qatar National Defence College and at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi. PhD from the University of Oxford and Berrow scholar from Lincoln College, Oxford.
✦ Passionate about emerging technologies and the interactions between science, technology, geopolitics, society and corporate sector.
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Deepfakes are synthetic media that can be used to spread disinformation and damage reputations. A UN watchdog could help to fight threats posed by deepfakes.
The creation of strategic narratives is at the core of modern strategic communication strategies in business, politics and even in warfare. The battle of narratives has become the bedrock...