US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters
After that we get nothing but in more words:
It’s unclear what was depicted in the deepfakes
The NSA declined to comment.
And some bits that kinda contradict the danger implied in the title
The Chinese and Iranian operatives never disseminated the deepfake audio or video publicly
While they didn’t deploy their deepfakes in 2020, Iranian government operatives
At the time, some US officials who reviewed the intelligence were unimpressed, believing it showed China and Iran lacked the capability to deploy deepfakes in a way that would seriously impact the 2020 presidential election
Finally, we arrive to the funniest part:
This story has been updated with additional information.
So the info is that there is no info? And this was written by 3 people? Give us a break CNN