Deepfakes
The term becomes associated with synthetic videos in which one person’s face is replaced or generated using AI. Today voice, image and video can all be fabricated convincingly, with consequences for fraud, elections and public information.
Room 7, the questions that remain open
Society and ethics
Technology is not simply good or bad by itself. Decisions about where, how and under what rules it is used are human choices. In this room there are no easy answers, only consequences and trade-offs.
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Work and creativity
The 2023 Hollywood writers’ strike includes negotiated rules on the use of AI. The broader question remains: which jobs change, which disappear, and which new roles emerge?
Copyright
Authors, artists and news organisations, including The New York Times, take disputes over the use of copyrighted works in model training to court. Many legal questions remain unsettled.
The EU AI Act
The European Union adopts the first comprehensive horizontal law on artificial intelligence, introduced in stages. It bans certain practices and imposes stricter duties on high-risk uses such as some employment and education systems.