Deepfakes Pose Growing Threat to Decision Integrity in Government and Infrastructure

Summary

Deepfakes have evolved beyond fake videos into a systemic governance threat. As AI systems are increasingly integrated into government operations, elections, critical infrastructure, and crisis response, the risk of believable false inputs corrupting trusted decision-making workflows has grown significantly. The article argues that Australia and its international partners must address this "decision-integrity" problem by building resilience against synthetic media that targets not just public perception but automated and human-in-the-loop decision systems.

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bskyDeepfakes Pose Growing Threat to Decision Integrity in Government and Infrastructureinternationalaffairs.org.au