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Technology

Dec. 3, 2025

Seeing is believing, unless you're looking at a deepfake

Meteoric rise of deepfake AI-generated content creates risks for attorneys.

Anita Taff-Rice

Founder
iCommLaw

Technology and telecommunications

1547 Palos Verdes Mall # 298
Walnut Creek , CA 94597-2228

Phone: (415) 699-7885

Email: anita@icommlaw.com

iCommLaw(r) is a Bay Area firm specializing in technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity matters.

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Seeing is believing, unless you're looking at a deepfake
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The old expression "I can't believe my eyes" should be a warning to attorneys facing the maddening pace of artificial intelligence development, which is fueling an explosion of deepfake videos, images and audio.

Deepfakes are created with AI to manipulate or generate images, videos or audio recordings to create an appearance of individuals doing or saying something that looks incredibly real. But they are completely fake. Deepfakes often use "face swaps...

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