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Our Technology Threats and Opportunities Team engages early on with emerging technologies that have the potential to enhance or undermine our trust on audiovisual content. Building upon years of foundational research and global advocacy on synthetic media, we’ve been preparing for the impact of AI on our ability to discern the truth. In consultation with human rights defenders, journalists, and technologists on four continents, we’ve identified the most pressing concerns and recommendations on what we must do now.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-39df605 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="39df605" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>WITNESS helps people use video and technology to protect and defend human rights. Our Technology Threats and Opportunities Team engages early on with emerging technologies that have the potential to enhance or undermine our trust on audiovisual content. Building upon years of foundational research and global advocacy on synthetic media, we’ve been preparing for the impact of AI on our ability to discern the truth. In consultation with human rights defenders, journalists, and technologists on four continents, we’ve identified the most pressing concerns and recommendations on what we must do now.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b24ea7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="8b24ea7" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d87a24" data-id="7d87a24" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-53c9bae elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="53c9bae" data-element_type="widget" 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href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Broader-Areas-of-Intervention-WITNESS.pdf" target="_blank"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">Broader areas of intervention to strengthen the information ecosystem</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c01f1f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="4c01f1f" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9780b" data-id="ad9780b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cdf5cc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="cdf5cc5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Featured work</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-303f7bb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="303f7bb" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-246d0d6" data-id="246d0d6" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-985b812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="985b812" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESS-Report_Audiovisual_Generative_AI_and_Conflict-1.pdf" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" width="1400" height="830" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ConflictResolution_AI.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-1014" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ConflictResolution_AI.png 1400w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ConflictResolution_AI-300x178.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ConflictResolution_AI-1024x607.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ConflictResolution_AI-768x455.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a0eba4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="a0eba4e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESS-Report_Audiovisual_Generative_AI_and_Conflict-1.pdf">Audiovisual Generative AI and Conflict Resolution: Trends, Threats and Mitigation Strategies</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b6c0cea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b6c0cea" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="page" title="Page 4"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>This forward-looking report investigates the evolving relationship between synthetic media and the information landscape in situations of armed conflict and widespread violence, with a particular focus on implications for conflict resolution and peace processes. It is available in <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESS-Report_Audiovisual_Generative_AI_and_Conflict-1.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://ar.witness.org/portfolio_page/audio-visual-ai/">Arabic</a>.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5340299" data-id="5340299" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d79b00d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="d79b00d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/spotting-deepfakes-year-elections-how-ai-detection-tools-work-and-where-they-fail" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-798" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-150x150.png 150w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-300x297.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1f0089c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="1f0089c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/spotting-deepfakes-year-elections-how-ai-detection-tools-work-and-where-they-fail">Spotting the deepfakes in this year of elections: how AI detection tools work and where they fail</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e810573 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="e810573" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>With the progress of generative AI technologies, synthetic media is getting more realistic. We therefore see growing demand for AI detection tools that can determine whether a piece of audio and visual content has been generated or edited using AI. <a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/spotting-deepfakes-year-elections-how-ai-detection-tools-work-and-where-they-fail">This piece</a> discusses some of the limitations of detection tools and how to decide when to use them.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e91798c" data-id="e91798c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bd87c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="bd87c6d" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3w9Dojt73oE","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f0c0799 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="f0c0799" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w9Dojt73oE">Democracy Forum Panel</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7941b5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="7941b5f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w9Dojt73oE">Obama Foundation</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7d27c5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="7d27c5e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WITNESS’ Raquel Vazquez Llorente joined an expert panel at the 2023 Obama Foundation Democracy Forum to discuss the challenges and opportunities of AI for a healthy democracy. Fellow panelists included: Alondra Nelson, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">; Anna Makanju, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">OpenAI’s Vice President of Global Affairs;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Hany Farid, Professor at University of California, Berkeley; Terah Lyons, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Founding Executive Director of the Partnership on AI.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-695437f" data-id="695437f" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2845b6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="2845b6c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Deepfakes-in-the-Dock_Preparing-Intl-Justice-for-Generative-AI.pdf" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-11.51.50-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-757" alt="" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6b07115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="6b07115" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Deepfakes-in-the-Dock_Preparing-Intl-Justice-for-Generative-AI.pdf" target="_blank">Preparing International Justice for Generative AI</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a0acb5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="a0acb5c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Deepfakes-in-the-Dock_Preparing-Intl-Justice-for-Generative-AI.pdf" target="_blank">TheSciTechLawyer</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fbc6206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="fbc6206" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="mb-4"><div class="c-scrollbar__hider" role="presentation" data-qa="slack_kit_scrollbar"><div class="c-scrollbar__child" role="presentation"><div class="c-virtual_list__scroll_container" role="list" data-qa="slack_kit_list" aria-label="internal-tto (private channel)"><div id="1708540129.139049" class="c-virtual_list__item" tabindex="0" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1708540129.139049"><div class="c-message_kit__background c-message_kit__background--hovered p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message p-message_pane_message__message--last" role="presentation" data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false"><div class="c-message_kit__hover c-message_kit__hover--hovered" role="document" aria-roledescription="message" data-qa-hover="true"><div class="c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default"><div class="c-message_kit__gutter"><div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" role="presentation" data-qa="message_content"><div class="c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text"><div class="c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text" data-qa="message-text"><div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer"><div class="p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first"><div class="p-rich_text_block" dir="auto"><div class="p-rich_text_section"><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Deepfakes-in-the-Dock_Preparing-Intl-Justice-for-Generative-AI.pdf">This article highlights</a> how countries such as Gabon, Myanmar, Venezuela, Sudan, Mexico, and Ukraine have experienced the political and social repercussions of deepfakes and allegations of AI manipulation amid armed conflicts or instances of mass violence. To counter the challenges posed by the proliferation and increased realism of AI-generated or manipulated content, the article proposes recommendations for the International Criminal Court, which could also be applicable to other international accountability bodies.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ca04d7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="7ca04d7" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fef51be" data-id="fef51be" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cd465ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="cd465ad" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_gregory_when_ai_can_fake_reality_who_can_you_trust" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="151" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-11-at-11.57.58-300x151.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-699" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-11-at-11.57.58-300x151.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-11-at-11.57.58-1024x516.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-11-at-11.57.58-768x387.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-11-at-11.57.58-1536x774.png 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-11-at-11.57.58.png 1648w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-642c772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="642c772" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_gregory_when_ai_can_fake_reality_who_can_you_trust" target="_blank">When AI can fake reality, who can you trust?</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-07d4d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="07d4d9f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_gregory_when_ai_can_fake_reality_who_can_you_trust" target="_blank">TED Democracy</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b037579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b037579" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="mb-4"><span class="text-textPrimary-onLight font-normal text-tui-sm leading-tui-md tracking-tui-tight lg:leading-tui-lg" dir="ltr" data-testid="talk-description-text">We’re fast approaching a world where widespread, hyper-realistic deepfakes lead us to dismiss reality. <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_gregory_when_ai_can_fake_reality_who_can_you_trust">Watch WITNESS Executive Director Sam Gregory’s TED Democracy talk</a> in which he highlights three key steps to protecting our ability to distinguish human from synthetic — and why fortifying our perception of truth is crucial to our AI-infused future.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c97101d" data-id="c97101d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d7a964f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="d7a964f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.cfr.org/blog/protect-democracy-deepfake-era-we-need-bring-voices-those-defending-it-frontlines" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DSC_5145-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-175" alt="" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c97e813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c97e813" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.cfr.org/blog/protect-democracy-deepfake-era-we-need-bring-voices-those-defending-it-frontlines" target="_blank">To Protect Democracy in the Deepfake Era, We Need to Bring in the Voices of Those Defending it at the Frontlines</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-72c3d2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="72c3d2d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.cfr.org/blog/protect-democracy-deepfake-era-we-need-bring-voices-those-defending-it-frontlines" target="_blank">Council on Foreign Relations</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-06cdbf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="06cdbf4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>WITNESS’ Raquel Vazquez Llorente argues that democracy faces ‘old, new, and borrowed’ challenges in the deepfake era, where existing inequalities may be exacerbated and inconvenient truths dismissed by those in power. She argues that an inclusive and human-rights based approach to AI development can help us to overcome past mistakes and safeguard democracy.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-264cd9f" data-id="264cd9f" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-31d751a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="31d751a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://techpolicy.press/regulating-transparency-in-audiovisual-generative-ai-how-legislators-can-center-human-rights/" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="450" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AlanWarburton-VirtualHuman-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-544" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AlanWarburton-VirtualHuman-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AlanWarburton-VirtualHuman-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AlanWarburton-VirtualHuman-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AlanWarburton-VirtualHuman-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fbf9320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="fbf9320" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://techpolicy.press/regulating-transparency-in-audiovisual-generative-ai-how-legislators-can-center-human-rights/">Regulating Transparency in Audiovisual Generative AI: How Legislators Can Center Human Rights</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-28574bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="28574bc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://techpolicy.press/regulating-transparency-in-audiovisual-generative-ai-how-legislators-can-center-human-rights/">Tech Policy Press</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-39182dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="39182dd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While generative AI and synthetic media have creative and commercial benefits, these tools are connected to a range of harms that are disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities. This article via TechPolicy – </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">recently <a href="https://barackobama.medium.com/what-im-reading-on-the-rise-of-artificial-intelligence-72e088918de2">featured in President Obama’s AI reading list</a> –</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> explores how legislators can center human rights by drawing from the thinking of human rights organizations and professionals with regard to transparency, privacy, and provenance in audiovisual content. </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe328f2" data-id="fe328f2" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ee61d51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="ee61d51" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Id7kCT8h1Fk","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-25553b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="25553b3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id7kCT8h1Fk">WITNESS Executive Director, Sam Gregory, testifies at United States Senate</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-44790df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="44790df" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id7kCT8h1Fk">United States Senate</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2163a28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="2163a28" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Sept 12th WITNESS’ Executive Director, Sam Gregory, presented testimony to the US Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety & Data Security on “The Need for Transparency in Artificial Intelligence.” The testimony, which can be read </span><strong><a href="https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/DAD2163A-EF02-41B5-B7BA-2BA8B568C977">here</a></strong>, <span style="font-weight: 400;">focused on how to optimize the benefits and minimize the harms and risks from multimodal audiovisual generative AI.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81abbbb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="81abbbb" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d23bb2" data-id="8d23bb2" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-517b29b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="517b29b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Our 2023 and 2024 consultations</h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-38281c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="38281c4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WITNESS continuously hosts journalists, fact-checkers, technologists, policy advocates, creators, human rights defenders and community activists from different parts of the globe to discuss threats and opportunities that deepfakes, generative AI and synthetic media bring to audiovisual witnessing. We seek to identify and prioritize collective responses that can have a positive impact in the information landscape.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1adf226 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="1adf226" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc4139a" data-id="cc4139a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9240eb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="9240eb4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Fortifying the Truth in Asia-Pacific</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3f1f1ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="3f1f1ce" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="534" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WITNESS-BKK02-90-of-218-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-1083" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WITNESS-BKK02-90-of-218-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WITNESS-BKK02-90-of-218-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WITNESS-BKK02-90-of-218-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WITNESS-BKK02-90-of-218-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WITNESS-BKK02-90-of-218-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-edbd014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="edbd014" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Read our <strong><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2024/10/fortifying-the-truth-asia-pacific/">blog</a></strong> with key threats, opportunities and responses identified. Or read the <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fortifying-Truth-Bangkok-July-2024.docx.pdf"><strong>full report</strong></a> of the workshop.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-773ca8b" data-id="773ca8b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7119b76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="7119b76" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Fortifying the Truth in Brazil</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3a44407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="3a44407" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="534" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESSCONFERENCIA-0302-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-990" alt="Participants from Brazil workshop pose for a picture covering their faces" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESSCONFERENCIA-0302-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESSCONFERENCIA-0302-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESSCONFERENCIA-0302-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESSCONFERENCIA-0302-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WITNESSCONFERENCIA-0302-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fd5f096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="fd5f096" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Read our <strong><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2024/08/fortifying-the-truth-in-the-age-of-synthetic-media/">blog</a></strong> with key threats, opportunities and responses identified. Or read the <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Report-from-Brazil-workshop-2024.pdf"><strong>full report</strong></a> (Portuguese) of the workshop.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ebdf21" data-id="3ebdf21" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-88070c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="88070c2" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Fortifying the Truth in Africa</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-376b915 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="376b915" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11-1024x682.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-656" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-740baa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="740baa6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Read our <strong><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2023/05/generative-ai-africa/">blog</a></strong> with key threats, opportunities and responses identified. Or read the <strong><a href="https://blog.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Public-Report_-Fortifying-Community-Truth-in-the-Age-of-Generative-AI-and-Synthetic-Media-in-Africa-1.pdf">full report</a></strong> of the workshop.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec1392c" data-id="ec1392c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b094af2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="b094af2" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Fortifying the Truth in LAC</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4086d7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="4086d7d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="534" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1358-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-657" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1358-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1358-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1358-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1358-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1358-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b58e846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b58e846" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Read our <strong><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2023/12/generative-ai-latin-america/">blog</a></strong> with key threats, opportunities and responses identified. Or read the <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fortalecer-la-Verdad-en-la-Era-de-los-Medios-Sinteticos-WITNESS-Relatoria.pdf"><strong>full report</strong></a> (Spanish) of the workshop.</p><p>Read our blog in Spanish <a href="https://es.witness.org/2023/12/fortalecer-la-verdad-en-la-era-de-los-medios-sinteticos-y-la-ia-generativa-perspectivas-desde-america-latina/"><b>here</b></a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a03c80d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="a03c80d" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9e610d" data-id="d9e610d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1c960d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="1c960d0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Previous consultations (2019-2020)</h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14994ec elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-evenly elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="14994ec" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1662e3b" data-id="1662e3b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f678fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="f678fcd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://lab.witness.org/asia-deepfakes-prepare-now/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="792" height="1024" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/South-East-Asia-Report-792x1024.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-57" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/South-East-Asia-Report-792x1024.png 792w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/South-East-Asia-Report-232x300.png 232w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/South-East-Asia-Report-768x993.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/South-East-Asia-Report.png 950w" sizes="(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4c8830d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4c8830d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://lab.witness.org/asia-deepfakes-prepare-now/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">Read South East Asia report</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-225e832" data-id="225e832" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cafd19f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="cafd19f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://blog.witness.org/2020/02/report-pretoria-deepfakes-workshop/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="790" height="1024" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-1-790x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-335" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-1-790x1024.jpg 790w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-1-231x300.jpg 231w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-1-768x995.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-1.jpg 946w" sizes="(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-df96c0e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="df96c0e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://blog.witness.org/2020/02/report-pretoria-deepfakes-workshop/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">Read Africa report</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7e2a63" data-id="a7e2a63" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2c86aa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="2c86aa4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://lab.witness.org/brazil-deepfakes-prepare-now/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="790" height="1024" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-2-790x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-339" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-2-790x1024.jpg 790w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-2-231x300.jpg 231w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-2-768x995.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-2.jpg 946w" sizes="(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fdb303f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="fdb303f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://lab.witness.org/brazil-deepfakes-prepare-now/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">Read Brazil report</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fab7c10" data-id="fab7c10" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9a0fbcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="9a0fbcc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://blog.witness.org/2020/12/usa-activists-disinformation-deepfakes/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="722" height="896" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/USA.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-60" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/USA.png 722w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/USA-242x300.png 242w" sizes="(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-90a9e9f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="90a9e9f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://mediajustice.org/news/deepfakes-and-disinformation/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">Read US report</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84a34ec elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="84a34ec" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1331b93" data-id="1331b93" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-858cb5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="858cb5b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Reports and articles</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9db92c2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="9db92c2" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-184c9bb" data-id="184c9bb" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4724cfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="4724cfc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://blog.witness.org/2024/11/equitable-effective-ai-detection/" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="466" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-18.43.11-1024x596.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-1121" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-18.43.11-1024x596.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-18.43.11-300x175.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-18.43.11-768x447.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-18.43.11.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2416a8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="2416a8f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2024/11/equitable-effective-ai-detection/" target="_blank">Toward Equitable and Effective AI Detection Tools: A Call for Standards That Serve All Communities</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5ebc73c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="5ebc73c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>As generative AI technology evolves, so do the tools designed to detect it. Our <a href="https://blog.witness.org/2024/11/equitable-effective-ai-detection/">blog</a> discusses the need for standards to evaluate the effectiveness of AI detection tools informed by their application in real-world scenarios.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b03de1e" data-id="b03de1e" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9f9a756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="9f9a756" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/just-security-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-951" alt="" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-868fcf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="868fcf5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/96731/truth-trust-and-ai-justice-and-accountability/" target="_blank"> Truth, Trust, and AI: Justice and Accountability for International Crimes in the Era of Digital Deception</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ee97559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="ee97559" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>In this co-authored <a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/96731/truth-trust-and-ai-justice-and-accountability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">piece</a> for Just Security, Raquel Vazquez Llorente shares high-level findings from work by <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/">WITNESS</a> and the <a href="https://www.trueproject.co.uk/">TRUE project</a>, exploring how synthetic media impacts trust in the information ecosystem. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82cf672" data-id="82cf672" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-569917b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="569917b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.trueproject.co.uk/osguide" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="348" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/OS-Judges-Image-for-English-Tweet-1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-856" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/OS-Judges-Image-for-English-Tweet-1.jpg 1016w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/OS-Judges-Image-for-English-Tweet-1-300x131.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/OS-Judges-Image-for-English-Tweet-1-768x334.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6a8faf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="6a8faf7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.trueproject.co.uk/osguide"> Evaluating digital open source imagery: A guide for judges and fact-finders</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-025161a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="025161a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>This <a href="https://www.trueproject.co.uk/osguide">guide</a> is intended to assist judges and other decision makers in their assessment of open source information, by explaining some of the most common open source investigative techniques.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-767c5dd" data-id="767c5dd" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-287f250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="287f250" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jhrp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jhuman/huad035/7261649?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=jhrp&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=bde6e251-2bd6-447d-9ed5-9d309b835ad5&login=false" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="412" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-12-at-15.19.39.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-533" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-12-at-15.19.39.png 994w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-12-at-15.19.39-300x155.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-12-at-15.19.39-768x396.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-99ba8e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="99ba8e0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jhrp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jhuman/huad035/7261649?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=jhrp&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=bde6e251-2bd6-447d-9ed5-9d309b835ad5&login=false">Fortify the Truth: How to Defend Human Rights in an Age of Deepfakes and Generative AI </a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-56ba165 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="56ba165" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">This <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jhrp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jhuman/huad035/7261649?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=jhrp&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=bde6e251-2bd6-447d-9ed5-9d309b835ad5&login=false">article</a> talks about the need to ‘fortify the truth’ by fostering resilient witnessing practices that can ensure trustworthy videos and strengthen narratives of vulnerable communities. It identifies and speculates on actions at tactical, strategic, tools, technology, and policy levels, drawing upon human rights organization WITNESS’s work on proactive preparation for emerging technologies and technical infrastructures.<br /></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d10e09 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="8d10e09" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e8a655" data-id="1e8a655" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c4e8083 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="c4e8083" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://blog.witness.org/2023/06/using-generative-ai-for-human-rights-advocacy/" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="463" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GenAi-for-Human-Rights-Advocacy-1024x593.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-446" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GenAi-for-Human-Rights-Advocacy-1024x593.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GenAi-for-Human-Rights-Advocacy-300x174.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GenAi-for-Human-Rights-Advocacy-768x444.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GenAi-for-Human-Rights-Advocacy-1536x889.png 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GenAi-for-Human-Rights-Advocacy.png 1918w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7a038fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="7a038fb" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2023/06/using-generative-ai-for-human-rights-advocacy/">Using Generative AI for Human Rights Advocacy</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d70d6ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="d70d6ed" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2023/06/using-generative-ai-for-human-rights-advocacy/">Reflections on the responsible use of AI tools for the creation and modification of photo, video and audio</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7d05770 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="7d05770" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Generative AI can protect witnesses’ identities, visualize survivors’ testimonies, reconstruct places & create political satire. Check out our <strong><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2023/06/using-generative-ai-for-human-rights-advocacy/">blog</a></strong> about using generative AI and synthetic media for human rights advocacy, the ethical challenges it poses and the questions that organizations can ask</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b37a02" data-id="1b37a02" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-214461c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="214461c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/3513054-to-battle-deepfakes-our-technologies-must-lead-us-to-the-truth/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="446" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-2.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-870" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-2.jpg 944w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-2-300x167.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-2-768x428.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cd6c4fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="cd6c4fe" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/3513054-to-battle-deepfakes-our-technologies-must-lead-us-to-the-truth/">[The Hill] To battle deepfakes, our technologies must track their transformations</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-dfa6d5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="dfa6d5e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>How do we ensure technical solutions for enhancing confidence in media help rather than harm? In this <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/3513054-to-battle-deepfakes-our-technologies-must-lead-us-to-the-truth/">article</a> Sam Gregory discusses some core issues in pursuit of this goal.</p><p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0908bf" data-id="d0908bf" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-71da56a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="71da56a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-thorny-art-of-deepfake-labeling/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="448" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-1-1024x574.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-865" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-1-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-1.jpg 1210w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-392ae13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="392ae13" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-thorny-art-of-deepfake-labeling/">[WIRED] The Thorny Art of Deepfake Labeling</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4275234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="4275234" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Warning labels on AI-generated media give viewers little context. Artists and human rights advocates have forged a more effective—and creative—path. Read more <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-thorny-art-of-deepfake-labeling/">here</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a355ad" data-id="7a355ad" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bb7b0dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="bb7b0dd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://cocreationstudio.mit.edu/just-joking/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="407" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Just-Joking-1024x521.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-204" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Just-Joking-1024x521.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Just-Joking-300x153.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Just-Joking-768x390.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Just-Joking-1536x781.png 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Just-Joking.png 1916w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c773900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c773900" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://cocreationstudio.mit.edu/just-joking/">Just Joking!: Deepfakes, Satire and the Politics of Synthetic Media</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7313221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="7313221" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Around the world, deepfakes are becoming a powerful tool for artists, satirists and activists. But what happens when vulnerable people are not “in on the joke,” or when malign intentions are disguised as humor? <strong><a href="https://cocreationstudio.mit.edu/just-joking/" data-wplink-edit="true">Read this report</a></strong> that focuses on the fast-growing intersections between deepfakes and satire. Who decides what’s funny, what’s fair, and who is accountable?</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c98612 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="2c98612" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9734d9a" data-id="9734d9a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-643c64c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="643c64c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://lab.witness.org/ticks-or-it-didnt-happen/#executive-summary"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="484" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ticks-1024x619.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-284" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ticks-1024x619.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ticks-300x181.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ticks-768x464.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ticks.png 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c933187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c933187" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://lab.witness.org/ticks-or-it-didnt-happen/#executive-summary">Confronting Key Dilemmas in Authenticity Infrastructure</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bf4b9e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="bf4b9e2" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>This report focuses on 14 dilemmas that touch upon individual, technical and societal concerns around assessing and tracking the authenticity of multimedia. It focuses on the impact, opportunities, and challenges this technology holds for activists, human rights defenders and journalists, as well as the implications for society-at-large if verified-at-capture technology were to be introduced at a larger scale. <strong><a href="https://lab.witness.org/ticks-or-it-didnt-happen/#executive-summary">Read the full report</a></strong>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f6a4fc" data-id="4f6a4fc" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f6a4872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="f6a4872" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://opiniojuris.org/2022/10/22/coding-justice-the-tradeoffs-of-using-technology-for-documenting-crimes-in-ukraine/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="548" height="314" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-4.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-885" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-4.jpg 548w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-4-300x172.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e80f4ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="e80f4ea" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://opiniojuris.org/2022/10/22/coding-justice-the-tradeoffs-of-using-technology-for-documenting-crimes-in-ukraine/">[Opinio Juris] Coding Justice? The Tradeoffs of Using Technology for Documenting Crimes in Ukraine</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cebf544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="cebf544" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>This <a href="https://opiniojuris.org/2022/10/22/coding-justice-the-tradeoffs-of-using-technology-for-documenting-crimes-in-ukraine/">article</a> examines the various issues which arise when using technology to document crimes, and posits that the communities affected by conflict should be at the centre of how documentation tools are developed and deployed. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f70232b" data-id="f70232b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bf7f4fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="bf7f4fa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/synthetic-media-forces-us-to-understand-how-media-gets-made/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="490" height="152" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-3.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-878" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-3.jpg 490w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-3-300x93.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-119848b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="119848b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/synthetic-media-forces-us-to-understand-how-media-gets-made/">[NiemanLab] Synthetic media forces us to understand how media gets made</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ca169f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="ca169f0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>How do we best prepare for, and not panic over, generative AI? WITNESS’ Sam Gregory <a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/synthetic-media-forces-us-to-understand-how-media-gets-made/">discusses</a> one area of preparation, authenticity and provenance infrastructure, which show the work of how media was made, where it came from and was edited, and how it was distributed.</p><p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d68ec3c" data-id="d68ec3c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4a29977 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="4a29977" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/9q6dd6lg/release/2"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="788" height="480" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CommonPlace-1.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-403" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CommonPlace-1.png 788w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CommonPlace-1-300x183.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CommonPlace-1-768x468.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ee7afce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="ee7afce" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/9q6dd6lg/release/2">Trusting Video in the Age of Generative AI: </a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-06ec8b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="06ec8b4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mlxoqsGhBEjMLgUgVerVWB2jtxtNpOI">Myths and realities of building provenance and authenticity technology</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-88037cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="88037cc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>This article discusses the use of provenance technologies as a way to trust video in the age of generative AI. It touches on the myths and realities that should be considered by those developing these technologies. <strong><a href="https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/9q6dd6lg/release/2?readingCollection=54d28214">Read</a></strong> the full article in Commonplace.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a7ab02 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="8a7ab02" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec17936" data-id="ec17936" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f6bbaf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="f6bbaf2" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Dive deeper</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-298690a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="298690a" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd1396c" data-id="cd1396c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-138b645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="138b645" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Hfw3a10y0Q&t=1s","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-10f415c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="10f415c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hfw3a10y0Q&t=1s">Ethics, Anonymity & Deep Fakes: A Conversation</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8e98f54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="8e98f54" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hfw3a10y0Q&t=1s">Documentary</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e43218f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="e43218f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>What are the ethics of using Deep Fakes to anonymize sources in non-fiction media? What are the layers of consent that require consideration? What are the futures, the risks, and the opportunities of these types of manipulations? What strategies can non-fiction media makers (journalists, documentarians, and artists) implement to navigate the complex landscape of these technologies? See this conversation that includes WITNESS’ Raquel Vazquez</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6fa578" data-id="e6fa578" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4237223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="4237223" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://partnershiponai.org/glossary-for-synthetic-media-transparency-methods-part-1-indirect-disclosure/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="370" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fingerprints-2-1024x473.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-741" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fingerprints-2-1024x473.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fingerprints-2-300x138.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fingerprints-2-768x354.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fingerprints-2-1536x709.png 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fingerprints-2-2048x945.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-af20b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="af20b01" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://partnershiponai.org/glossary-for-synthetic-media-transparency-methods-part-1-indirect-disclosure/">Building a Glossary for Synthetic Media Transparency Methods, Part 1: Indirect Disclosure</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-71899b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="71899b3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>The <a href="https://partnershiponai.org/glossary-for-synthetic-media-transparency-methods-part-1-indirect-disclosure/">Partnership on AI’s</a><br /><a href="https://partnershiponai.org/glossary-for-synthetic-media-transparency-methods-part-1-indirect-disclosure/">Glossary for Synthetic Media Transparency Methods</a> provides definitions around a number of key synthetic media transparency terms. WITNESS took part in a series of workshops that PAI ran and directly fed into the creation of <a href="https://partnershiponai.org/glossary-for-synthetic-media-transparency-methods-part-1-indirect-disclosure/">this glossary</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bd32b9" data-id="2bd32b9" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6a8ac83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="6a8ac83" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://blog.witness.org/2023/02/building-human-rights-oriented-guidelines-for-synthetic-media/"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="443" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/C2PA-Harm-Assessment-1024x567.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-285" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/C2PA-Harm-Assessment-1024x567.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/C2PA-Harm-Assessment-300x166.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/C2PA-Harm-Assessment-768x425.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/C2PA-Harm-Assessment.png 1182w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-82b36e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="82b36e4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2023/02/building-human-rights-oriented-guidelines-for-synthetic-media/">Harm Assessment of the C2PA technical specifications</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f56d835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f56d835" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>WITNESS co-chairs the Threats and Harms task force of the <strong><a href="https://c2pa.org/">C2PA</a></strong>, where it leads the <strong><a href="https://c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/1.0/security/Harms_Modelling.html">harm assessment</a></strong> of these specifications designed to track the source and history of multimedia across devices and platforms. WITNESS has influenced this and related initiatives at an early stage to empower critical voices globally and bolster a human rights framework. <strong><a href="https://blog.witness.org/2022/01/potentially-systematic-provenance-and-authenticity-infrastructure/">Read our blog</a></strong>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e1825b" data-id="6e1825b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7a898cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="7a898cc" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bnlEgIC2qL8&list=PL8mlxoqsGhBEjMLgUgVerVWB2jtxtNpOI&index=1","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c6a8d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c6a8d1a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mlxoqsGhBEjMLgUgVerVWB2jtxtNpOI">Explainer: Provenance and Authenticity Infrastructure</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f1ddbc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f1ddbc9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Provenance and authenticity tools would enable you to show a range of information about how, where and by whom a piece of media was created, and how it was subsequently edited, changed and distributed. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mlxoqsGhBEjMLgUgVerVWB2jtxtNpOI"><strong>Check this video series out</strong></a> to know more about provenance and authenticity, the C2PA standards and how we may fortify truth for accountability and awareness.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed4e448" data-id="ed4e448" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a7db221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="a7db221" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1pGC6ctd0V8&list=PL8mlxoqsGhBGsRTpCebTZbGTpqNbWU-HS&index=2","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c23ceb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c23ceb1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mlxoqsGhBEjMLgUgVerVWB2jtxtNpOI">Deepfakery: satire, human rights, art and journalism in a time of infodemics</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5edece7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="5edece7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Deepfakery is a series of critical conversations exploring the intersection of satire, art, human rights, disinformation, and journalism. Join WITNESS and the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab for interdisciplinary discussions with leading artists, activists, academics, film-makers and journalists. <strong><a href="https://lab.witness.org/deepfakery/">See the full series here</a></strong>. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c07036 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="8c07036" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e3fd69" data-id="1e3fd69" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0575412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="0575412" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Policy submissions & advisory opinions</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c742fe2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="c742fe2" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-568dbeb" data-id="568dbeb" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-900ce64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="900ce64" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NIST-2023-0009-0194_attachment_1.pdf" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="377" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-14.53.43-1024x482.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-745" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-14.53.43-1024x482.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-14.53.43-300x141.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-14.53.43-768x361.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-14.53.43-1536x723.png 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-14.53.43.png 1892w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1f7592f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="1f7592f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NIST-2023-0009-0194_attachment_1.pdf">WITNESS Submission to the USA Request For Information Related to the Executive Order Concerning Artificial Intelligence</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b23d41f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b23d41f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NIST-2023-0009-0194_attachment_1.pdf">Our submission</a> covers a number of risks with current approaches to AI transparency, including indirect disclosure mechanisms such as watermarking, fingerprinting, and signed metadata. We also highlight the importance of centering the experience of those at the frontlines of human rights and democracy, as well as risks and limitations of current AI detection tools and share what we have learned through our experience working with leading AI detection experts.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17fd437" data-id="17fd437" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0f41c2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="0f41c2c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UK-Communications-Committee-inquiry-into-large-language-models.pdf" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="506" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WITNESS-submission-UK-Comms-Co-1024x648.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-489" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WITNESS-submission-UK-Comms-Co-1024x648.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WITNESS-submission-UK-Comms-Co-300x190.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WITNESS-submission-UK-Comms-Co-768x486.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WITNESS-submission-UK-Comms-Co.png 1444w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bb57916 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="bb57916" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UK-Communications-Committee-inquiry-into-large-language-models.pdf">WITNESS Submission for the UK Communications and Digital Committee, Lords Select Committee Inquiry: Large Language Models </a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d3a7ac6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="d3a7ac6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>WITNESS evidence to the UK Communications and Digital Committee, Lords Select Committee Inquiry into Large Language Models. This <strong><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UK-Communications-Committee-inquiry-into-large-language-models.pdf">submission</a></strong> responds to questions about opportunities and risks over the next three years, and how to address the risk of unintended consequences. It also puts forward a set of recommendations, based on our long standing work with industry, academia and civil society to guard against the risks of large language models.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db0d814" data-id="db0d814" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-75068fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="75068fe" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WITNESS-response-to-PCAST-July-2023.pdf" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="247" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-10-at-09.51.37-1024x316.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-474" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-10-at-09.51.37-1024x316.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-10-at-09.51.37-300x93.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-10-at-09.51.37-768x237.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-10-at-09.51.37-1536x474.png 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-10-at-09.51.37-2048x632.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2a487f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="2a487f0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WITNESS-response-to-PCAST-July-2023.pdf">WITNESS Submission to the USA President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Working Group on Generative AI </a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6812f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6812f66" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WITNESS-response-to-PCAST-July-2023.pdf"><strong>Our submission</strong></a> to the USA President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Working Group on Generative AI puts forward a set of recommendations on how to identify and promote the beneficial deployment of generative AI, as well as how to best mitigate risks. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b59333" data-id="3b59333" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8e9ec17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="8e9ec17" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WITNESS-submission-July-2023.pdf" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="311" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-28-at-15.09.37-1024x398.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-461" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-28-at-15.09.37-1024x398.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-28-at-15.09.37-300x117.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-28-at-15.09.37-768x299.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-28-at-15.09.37-1536x597.png 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-28-at-15.09.37.png 2022w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b247cf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="b247cf3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WITNESS-submission-July-2023.pdf">WITNESS Submission to the US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request For Information on National Priorities for AI </a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-67ff604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="67ff604" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><a href="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WITNESS-submission-July-2023.pdf"><strong>Our submission</strong></a> to the US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request For Information focuses on WITNESS’ recommendations to ensure that global human rights laws and standards are baked into the design, development and deployment of generative AI into societies across the globe.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7945f3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="d7945f3" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f14640" data-id="2f14640" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-766292d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="766292d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NTIA-2023-0005-1368" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="408" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WITNESS-NTIA-Submission-1024x522.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-423" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WITNESS-NTIA-Submission-1024x522.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WITNESS-NTIA-Submission-300x153.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WITNESS-NTIA-Submission-768x392.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WITNESS-NTIA-Submission.png 1530w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-25b408f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="25b408f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NTIA-2023-0005-1368">WITNESS Submission for the NTIA on AI Accountability Policy Request for Comment</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ad0521f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="ad0521f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><strong><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NTIA-2023-0005-1368">Our submission</a></strong> to the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) focuses on our guiding principles for developing AI accountability mechanisms, in particular in relation to synthetic media. We provide examples of how watermarking, labelling and provenance technologies can help inform people about how AI tools are operating, and why these approaches need to be grounded in internationally recognized human rights laws and standards.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89fd940" data-id="89fd940" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-342f162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="342f162" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13817-Delegated-Regulation-on-data-access-provided-for-in-the-Digital-Services-Act/F3423859_en"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="461" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EU-DSA-WITNESS-Submission-1-1024x590.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-411" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EU-DSA-WITNESS-Submission-1-1024x590.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EU-DSA-WITNESS-Submission-1-300x173.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EU-DSA-WITNESS-Submission-1-768x442.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EU-DSA-WITNESS-Submission-1.png 1264w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2cff872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="2cff872" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13817-Delegated-Regulation-on-data-access-provided-for-in-the-Digital-Services-Act/F3423859_en">Submission for the European Union on the Digital Services Act</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f8fd9fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f8fd9fc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Large social media platforms are developing tools to detect synthetic media. For these detection tools to be effective, they need to be trained on data that reflects as much as possible real situations. <strong><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13817-Delegated-Regulation-on-data-access-provided-for-in-the-Digital-Services-Act/F3423859_en">In this advisory opinion</a></strong> to the European Commission, we outline how the DSA can help study and mitigate social media-related risks in human rights crises and conflict.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26de083" data-id="26de083" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a727c7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="a727c7c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/digitalage/cfis/tech-standards/subm-standard-setting-digital-space-new-technologies-csos-witness-4-input.pdf"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="372" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/site1-1024x476.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-556" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/site1-1024x476.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/site1-300x139.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/site1-768x357.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/site1.jpg 1071w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fcdf9af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="fcdf9af" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/digitalage/cfis/tech-standards/subm-standard-setting-digital-space-new-technologies-csos-witness-4-input.pdf">Submission to High Commissioner for Human Rights, Call for Input: The relationship between human rights and technical standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-21fe9ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="21fe9ef" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>This <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/digitalage/cfis/tech-standards/subm-standard-setting-digital-space-new-technologies-csos-witness-4-input.pdf">submission</a> shares WITNESS’s views on the relationship between human rights and<br />technical standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies. This document<br />is shaped by our three decades of experience helping communities advocate for human rights<br />change to create trustworthy information, to protect themselves against the misuse of their<br />content, and to challenge misinformation that targets at-risk groups and individuals.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5088cb3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5088cb3" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5b0065" data-id="e5b0065" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bb71021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="bb71021" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Panel discussions</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58e3d35 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="58e3d35" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cae9759" data-id="cae9759" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f0d6f72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="f0d6f72" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/YTrHeAqQ3sI?feature=shared" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="582" height="344" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/OSCE.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-804" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/OSCE.jpg 582w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/OSCE-300x177.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-84a09b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="84a09b7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/YTrHeAqQ3sI?feature=shared" target="_blank">Documenting rights violations in the face of evolving technologies</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-43f2d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="43f2d06" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTrHeAqQ3sI" target="_blank">OSCE </a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8f4d5a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="8f4d5a9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div role="presentation" data-qa="slack_kit_scrollbar"><div role="presentation"><div role="list" data-qa="slack_kit_list" aria-label="internal-tto (private channel)"><div tabindex="0" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1708540129.139049"><div role="presentation" data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false"><div role="document" aria-roledescription="message" data-qa-hover="true"><div role="presentation" data-qa="message_content"><div data-qa="message-text"><div data-qa="block-kit-renderer"><div dir="auto">WITNESS’ Raquel Vazquez Llorente <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/YTrHeAqQ3sI?feature=shared">addressed</a> the OSCE in Vienna on April 22, pointing to areas where the intervention of member states, as well as their cooperation with civil society organizations and the private sector, are key to ensure the documentation of rights violations is resilient to evolving technologies. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb63106" data-id="cb63106" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1fd9b11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="1fd9b11" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/how-to-spot-ai-disinformation" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="657" height="252" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-5.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-902" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-5.jpg 657w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-5-300x115.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-dc413e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="dc413e1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/how-to-spot-ai-disinformation">Deepfakes and deceptive AI: how's election year 2024 really going? </a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6eaf3b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6eaf3b5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>In this <a href="https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/deepfakes-and-deceptive-ai-hows-election-year-2024-really-going">event</a> at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, WITNESS’ Sam Gregory provides an overview of the current trends and future of synthetic media in the context of 2024 as a major election year.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60ad996 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="60ad996" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29b6fd7" data-id="29b6fd7" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bbfd7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="bbfd7a0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">In the news...</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-115e413 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="115e413" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a26da11" data-id="a26da11" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-197d86d elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="197d86d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-elections-how-serious-of-a-threat-is-ai/3250217" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="864" height="486" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thumbs_b_c_3c3b2002acfffafa0bfd9f13c339f5b0.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-976" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thumbs_b_c_3c3b2002acfffafa0bfd9f13c339f5b0.jpg 864w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thumbs_b_c_3c3b2002acfffafa0bfd9f13c339f5b0-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thumbs_b_c_3c3b2002acfffafa0bfd9f13c339f5b0-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-elections-how-serious-of-a-threat-is-ai/3250217" target="_blank">[AA] US elections: How serious of a threat is AI?</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4beab1e" data-id="4beab1e" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6ff8d9c elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="6ff8d9c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/06/india-election-deepfakes-generative-ai/678597/" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1952" height="1098" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/original.avif" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-972" alt="" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/06/india-election-deepfakes-generative-ai/678597/" target="_blank">[The Atlantic] The Near Future of Deepfakes Just Got Way Clearer</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78e01d5" data-id="78e01d5" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-544ab0c elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="544ab0c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/indian-elections-ai-deepfakes/" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1252" height="696" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled78.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-937" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled78.jpg 1252w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled78-300x167.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled78-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled78-768x427.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1252px) 100vw, 1252px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/indian-elections-ai-deepfakes/" target="_blank">[WIRED] Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-083aad8" data-id="083aad8" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b554236 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="b554236" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/indian-journalists-are-the-frontline-against-election-deepfakes/" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="490" height="152" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-3.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-878" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-3.jpg 490w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-3-300x93.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/indian-journalists-are-the-frontline-against-election-deepfakes/" target="_blank">[NiemanLab] Indian journalists are on the frontline in the fight against election deepfakes</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89a9db1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="89a9db1" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5fa392" data-id="d5fa392" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ecb7451 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="ecb7451" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://demos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AI-Pledge-Open-Letter_PDF_Final.pdf" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="420" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clNcf4Ir-1024x538.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-816" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clNcf4Ir-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clNcf4Ir-300x158.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clNcf4Ir-768x404.jpg 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clNcf4Ir-1536x807.jpg 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clNcf4Ir-2048x1076.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f066f99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="f066f99" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/YTrHeAqQ3sI?feature=shared" target="_blank">Open Letter to UK Political Parties on AI</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c524b7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c524b7b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://demos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AI-Pledge-Open-Letter_PDF_Final.pdf" target="_blank">Demos </a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0193326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="0193326" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div role="presentation" data-qa="slack_kit_scrollbar"><div role="presentation"><div role="list" data-qa="slack_kit_list" aria-label="internal-tto (private channel)"><div tabindex="0" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1708540129.139049"><div role="presentation" data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false"><div role="document" aria-roledescription="message" data-qa-hover="true"><div role="presentation" data-qa="message_content"><div data-qa="message-text"><div data-qa="block-kit-renderer"><div dir="auto">With 2024 set to be a record election year, WITNESS has signed an <a href="https://demos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AI-Pledge-Open-Letter_PDF_Final.pdf">open letter</a> to UK political parties regarding potential threats from generative AI. The letter calls on all UK political parties to commit to four steps to help protect the UK election.</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6889646" data-id="6889646" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-867c802 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="867c802" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/12/ai-deepfakes-detection-industry/" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="799" height="529" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-852" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled.jpg 799w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-768x508.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/12/ai-deepfakes-detection-industry/" target="_blank">[Washington Post] Fooled by AI? These firms sell deepfake detection that’s ‘REAL 100%.’</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49c1a63" data-id="49c1a63" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-be94071 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="be94071" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/peabody-awards-winners-kumail-nanjiani-the-bear-bluey-the-last-of-us-1235996798/" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="3000" height="2000" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Variety_magazine-Logo.wine_.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-825" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Variety_magazine-Logo.wine_.png 3000w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Variety_magazine-Logo.wine_-300x200.png 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Variety_magazine-Logo.wine_-1024x683.png 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Variety_magazine-Logo.wine_-768x512.png 768w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Variety_magazine-Logo.wine_-1536x1024.png 1536w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Variety_magazine-Logo.wine_-2048x1365.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/peabody-awards-winners-kumail-nanjiani-the-bear-bluey-the-last-of-us-1235996798/" target="_blank">[Variety] WITNESS wins Peabody Global Impact Award for “organizations that have profoundly changed the world for the better.”</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c2c313" data-id="2c2c313" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c748243 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="c748243" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/tiktok-automatically-label-ai-generated-content/story?id=110036296" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="286" height="176" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/imagestiktok.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-830" alt="" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/tiktok-automatically-label-ai-generated-content/story?id=110036296" target="_blank">[ABC News] Sam Gregory of WITNESS: Essential that specific companies make it as easy as possible to know when content was created with their tools </a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2e9236 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="d2e9236" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41f8163" data-id="41f8163" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-77c3492 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="77c3492" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/video/witness-executive-director-access-tools-detect-ai-media-110093390" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1168" height="520" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-821" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website.jpg 1168w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-300x134.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-1024x456.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-768x342.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1168px) 100vw, 1168px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/video/witness-executive-director-access-tools-detect-ai-media-110093390" target="_blank">[ABC News] Witness executive director says we need "access to the tools to detect" AI media</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0916519" data-id="0916519" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d1d03e1 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="d1d03e1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-deepfakes-bad-laws-and-big-fat-indian-election" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="801" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rtsstcam_.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-839" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rtsstcam_.jpg 1200w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rtsstcam_-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rtsstcam_-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rtsstcam_-768x513.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-deepfakes-bad-laws-and-big-fat-indian-election" target="_blank">[Reuters Institute] AI deepfakes, bad laws – and a big fat Indian election</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bffc0ab" data-id="bffc0ab" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-103f7f7 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="103f7f7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249570785/katy-perry-met-gala-deepfake" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="969" height="599" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-834" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-1.jpg 969w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-1-300x185.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-1-768x475.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249570785/katy-perry-met-gala-deepfake" target="_blank">[NPR] WITNESS' Sam Gregory on AI Met Gala image: best to use "classic media literacy and verification approaches."</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f23fc9f" data-id="f23fc9f" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0a2e881 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box" data-id="0a2e881" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image-box-wrapper"><figure class="elementor-image-box-img"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1241657867/april-fools-day-online-misinformation" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="947" height="701" src="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-2.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-843" alt="" srcset="https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-2.jpg 947w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-2-300x222.jpg 300w, https://www.gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-website-2-768x568.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px" /></a></figure><div class="elementor-image-box-content"><h3 class="elementor-image-box-title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1241657867/april-fools-day-online-misinformation" target="_blank">[NPR] 5 tips for not getting tricked online this April Fools' Day — and beyond</a></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d287ca" data-id="0d287ca" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-28ec877 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="28ec877" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><a href="https://techprimers.aspendigital.org/hall-of-fame/2023-06-28/">[Aspen Digital] Reporting on AI Hall of Fame: 2023 Winners from WITNESS</a></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/3/8/ai-meme-wars-hit-india-election-campaign-testing-social-platforms">[Al Jazeera] “Inflection point”: AI meme wars hit India election, test social platforms</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPYv9SvY4Uk">[PBS: Amanpour and Company] “Take on Fake:” How AI-Generated Content Is Impacting Elections</a></p><p><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/detecting-deepfakes-should-not-be-the-sole-responsibility-of-platforms-sam-gregory/articleshow/108166505.cms">[The Economic Times] Detecting deepfakes should not be the sole responsibility of platforms: Sam Gregory</a></p><p><a href="https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/series/aiei/digital-rights-sam-gregory">[Carnegie Council] Prepare, Don’t Panic: Navigating the Digital Rights Landscape, with Sam Gregory</a></p><p><a href="https://www.dailydot.com/debug/taylor-swift-ai-images-x-controversy/">[Daily Dot] Explicit AI images of Taylor Swift got 22 million views before X cracked down</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/biden-robocall-deepfake-elevenlabs/">[WIRED] Researchers Say the Deepfake Biden Robocall Was Likely Made With Tools From AI Startup ElevenLabs</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/taylor-swift-deepfake-porn-artificial-intelligence-pushback/">[WIRED] If Taylor Swift Can’t Defeat Deepfake Porn, No One Can</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/biden-robocall-deepfake-danger/">[WIRED] The Biden Deepfake Robocall Is Only the Beginning</a></p><p><a href="https://cybernews.com/news/ai-deepfake-biden-robocall-new-hampshire/#google_vignette">[cybernews] AI-faked Biden robocall told voters to skip New Hampshire primary</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-27/taylor-swift-joe-biden-dead-kids-fake-ai-content-floods-in">[Bloomberg] Taylor Swift, Joe Biden, Dead Kids: Fake AI Content Floods In</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/meta-youtube-ai-political-ads/">[WIRED] Worried About Political Deepfakes? Beware the Spread of ‘Cheapfakes’</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-web-2-mistakes/">[WIRED] Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-09/elections-2024-facebook-should-ban-audio-deepfake-clips-of-trump-and-others?srnd=premium&embedded-checkout=true">[Bloomberg] Facebook’s Tolerance for Audio Deepfakes Is Absurd</a></p><p><a href="https://themessenger.com/tech/artificial-intelligence-misinformation-deepfakes-video-text-ai-detection">[The Messenger] ‘It’s an Arms Race’: How We’re Already Losing The Battle to Stop Harmful AI Fakes</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bd1bc5b4-f540-48f8-9cda-75c19e5ac69c">[FT] Deepfakes for $24 a month: how AI is disrupting Bangladesh’s election</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/business/dealbook/2024-election-media.html?smid=url-share">[NYT] The 2024 Election Will Be Unlike Any Other. Is the Media Ready?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/slovakias-election-deepfakes-show-ai-is-a-danger-to-democracy/">[WIRED] Slovakia’s Election Deepfakes Show AI Is a Danger to Democracy</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23940626/artificial-intelligence-ai-digital-watermarks-biden-executive-order">[THE VERGE] Watermarks aren’t the silver bullet for AI misinformation</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23940626/artificial-intelligence-ai-digital-watermarks-biden-executive-order">[WashPost] AI fake nudes are booming. It’s ruining real teens’ lives</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/a-doctored-biden-video-is-a-test-case-for-facebooks-deepfake-policies/">[WIRED] A Doctored Biden Video Is a Test Case for Facebook’s Deepfake Policies</a></p><p><a href="https://restofworld.org/2023/indian-politician-leaked-audio-ai-deepfake/">[rest of world] An Indian politician says scandalous audio clips are AI deepfakes.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/will-bidens-meetings-with-ai-companies-make-any-difference">[The New Yorkerl] Will Biden’s Meetings with A.I. Companies Make Any Difference?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/ai-misinformation-scams-government-regulation/674946/">[The Atlantic] The AI Crackdown Is Coming</a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180768459/how-to-identify-ai-generated-deepfake-images">[NPR] AI-generated images are everywhere. Here’s how to spot them</a></p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/3513054-to-battle-deepfakes-our-technologies-must-lead-us-to-the-truth/">[The Hill] To battle deepfakes, our technologies must track their transformations</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9b40c5b5-d073-4cdb-a15b-44725e491a35">[FT] TikTok urged to preserve Ukraine content for war crime investigations</a></p><p class="no-margin"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bkqt">[BBC Radio 4] An end to deepfakes?</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bkqt">(Positive Thinking podcast)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-a-pioneer-in-regulating-algorithms-turns-its-focus-to-deepfakes-11673149283">[WSJ] China, a Pioneer in Regulating Algorithms, Turns Its Focus to Deepfakes</a></p><p><a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/01/09/proving-a-photo-is-fake-is-one-thing-proving-it-isnt-is-another">[The Economist] Proving a photo is fake is one thing. Proving it isn’t is another</a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/22/trump-arrest-deepfakes/">[Washington Post] Fake images of Trump arrest show ‘giant step’ for AI’s disruptive power</a></p><p><a href="https://opiniojuris.org/2022/10/22/coding-justice-the-tradeoffs-of-using-technology-for-documenting-crimes-in-ukraine/">[Opinio Juris] Coding Justice? The Tradeoffs of Using Technology for Documenting Crimes in Ukraine</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ab506b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="1ab506b" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c634113" data-id="c634113" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b9500af elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="b9500af" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"youtube_url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bEdGpQs1RhU?feature=shared","video_type":"youtube","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> <div class="elementor-video"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-880c067" data-id="880c067" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-46272fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="46272fa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Our Video Archive</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e50f9ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="e50f9ff" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Since 2018, WITNESS has been raising awareness about how emerging technologies can impact on people’s trust in audiovisual content. Check out our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mlxoqsGhBG2DBHL_jbCJ3RuSAkbu9Fw"><strong>video archive</strong></a> to watch years’ worth of our video interviews, panels, and presentations on deepfakes, synthetic media, and more.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c10abe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="c10abe0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mlxoqsGhBG2DBHL_jbCJ3RuSAkbu9Fw"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">See the full archive here</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f14883e elementor-section-boxed 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