Deepfakes To Disinformation: Year 2023 Brought A New Era Of Digital Deception, Driven By AI

The year 2023, marked by the advent of advanced generative AI, has witnessed an unprecedented amplification in the scale of misinformation.

Representative image of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on misinformation. ( Image Source :Dall.E 3/Modified by Logically Facts )

In 1829, the British outlawed Sati in India, a Hindu ritual where a widow was immolated ‘either voluntarily or by force’ on her husband's funeral pyre. Over 150 years later, in 1987, Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old widow, met a similar fate in Deorala, Rajasthan. Anand Patwardhan's documentary "Father, Son, and Holy War" highlights a significant factor perpetuating this practice: misinformation. He presents an instance where a woman, defending Sati, brandished a doctored photo as