SXSW 2025
AI, Deepfakes, Drones & Surveillance
Description:
This panel will explore the various ways AI threatens democracies globally and the tools available to tackle these threats. It will discuss tactics such as AI-powered surveillance methods, automated warfare, and the use of AI-generated images, or deepfakes, particularly during election time.
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This panel will be similar to the panel on AI, Deepfakes & Surveillance at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2024, which took place in Oslo from June 3 to 5, 2024. https://oslofreedomforum.com/event/oslo-freedom-forum-oslo-2024/interactive-programming-at-off-2024/.
Takeaways
- Understand how authoritarian regimes exploit AI for surveillance, warfare, and propaganda
- Learn tools to tackle the threat of authoritarian regimes’ use of AI
- Hear reasons to be hopeful about the future of AI and its role in advancing democracy
Speakers
- Jacqueline Rowe, Content policy researcher, Global Partners Digital
- Sam Gregory, Executive director, Witness
- Arthur Holland Michel, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
- Nighat Dad, Executive director, Digital Rights Foundation
Organizer
Hannah Van Dijcke, Legal & Research Officer, Human Rights Foundation
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