Deepfakes Are an Emerging Cyber Risk. Can the Law Help You?

Due to advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, the capabilities for creating quality deepfake audio, image and video content have been rapidly improving. This presentation will explain the fundamentals of deepfakes including how they are created and how to detect them, followed by a discussion of the threats and risks they pose. Real-world incidents will be included to illustrate these risks. The talk will then highlight legal issues surrounding the use of deepfakes, such as whether someone has the right to create deepfakes of you, which copyright laws apply to deepfakes, and what legal remedies the victims of deepfakes can seek.