The political scientist named the key threats of deepfakes in diplomacy

Deepfakes in diplomacy can lead to various provocations and erroneous decisions. Anna Sytnik, associate professor of St. Petersburg State University, expert of the Valdai discussion club, General Director of ANO Kolaboratoria, told about this on Wednesday, December 24.

"Deepfakes create a risk of provocations and erroneous decisions," she said in an interview. Lenta.Ru .

According to the political scientist, fake videos with statements by the leaders of the countries about a missile strike or a break in negotiations can trigger panic, collapse the market or force retaliatory actions. And this disrupts diplomatic processes.

At the same time, the spread of deepfakes blurs the evidence, Sytnik believes.

"It becomes easier to challenge any real records and documents with the phrase 'this is a deepfake,'" she concluded.

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Yuri Silaev, head of the Laboratory of Trusted Artificial Intelligence at RTU MIREA, warned on December 22 about the increasing threat of fraud using deepfakes. 360.ru .

Earlier, on November 1, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation announced that it was possible to identify a deepfake by unnatural, robotic, monotonous speech and sound defects.

Other signs may also indicate deepfake, such as unnatural facial expressions, sound defects, or extraneous noises.

In turn, Timofey Voronin, project manager of the Intelligent Analytics company, explained in an interview with RT that you should not talk to scammers on the phone, even jokingly, since even a minute of your speech may be enough to create a deepfake.

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