U.S. Special Forces Want To Use Deepfakes For Psy-Ops

In a recent document, the U.S. Special Forces revealed that they want to use deep fakes for psyops in order to assess foreign populations’ susceptibility to propaganda.

U.S. Special Operations Command, responsible for some of the country’s most secretive military endeavors, is gearing up to conduct internet propaganda and deception campaigns online using deep fake videos, according to federal contracting documents reviewed by The Intercept.

The plans, which also describe hacking internet-...

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