New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of elections

The video that OpenAI released to unveil its new text-to-video tool, Sora, has to be seen to be believed. The demonstration reportedly prompted movie producer Tyler Perry to pause an 800m studio investment. Tools like Sora promise to translate a user's vision into realistic moving images with a simple text prompt, the logic goes, making studios obsolete. Others worry that artificial intelligence (AI) like this could be exploited by those with darker imaginations. Malicious actors could use these services to create highly realistic deepfakes, confusing or misleading voters during an election or simply causing chaos by seeding divisive rumours.