Deep fakes images of Earth could be used to trick military analysts, experts say

The future of'deep fake' technology could be much worse than doctored videos of celebrities and politicians. U.S. military experts are raising concerns about a new variant of deep fakes, or videos that use AI to make subjects appear to say or do something they really didn't, that could involve doctored satellite images of the Earth, according to Defense One. It comes as social media giants, researchers and other experts have been working to outsmart deep fake videos. U.S. military experts are raising concerns about a new variant of deep fakes, or videos that use AI to manipulate its subjects, that could involve doctored satellite images of the Earth Deepfakes are so named because they utilize deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence. They are made by feeding a computer an algorithm, or set of instructions, lots of images and audio of a certain person.