Report: The U.S. is unprepared for the AI future

The biggest coming danger is so-called "deepfakes," or AI-doctored videos falsely showing people saying or doing something, according to a co-author of the report, published today by the Center for a New American Security and shared first with Axios The details: The report is an abridged encyclopedia of the good and ill that AI could bring to national security. Some scenarios show the potential upside of AI tools, but others would result in chaos if not challenged by smart AI countermeasures. The impact: If this wave is left unchecked, the report warns, the world could face "the end of truth" -- a grisly fate the public has already had a taste of, thanks to misinformation released on social media sites and by the White House. The report's examples vary from the current to the far-off, like mind-reading AI. But they're not prophecies that humanity is doomed to suffer.