TY - JOUR
T1 - Socioeconomic Threats of Deepfakes and the Role of Cyber-Wellness Education in Defense
AU - Taleby Ahvanooey, Milad
AU - Mazurczyk, Wojciech
AU - Lee, Dongwon
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PY - 2025/8/1
Y1 - 2025/8/1
N2 - In recent years, society has witnessed accelerated advancement in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies, which may be viewed as a double-edged sword. On one hand, GenAI tools can be used to create synthetic content legitimately. For example, advertising agencies may, with permission, generate celebrities' images or videos using GenAI tools without putting them in front of cameras and thus reducing the overall cost of media construction. On the other hand, scammers may utilize GenAI tools to craft or edit artificial content (for example, texts, images, videos, or audio), so-called deepfakes, to mislead or deceive netizens with robocalls or voice cloning phishing, potentially causing detrimental consequences for society. This article briefly debates emerging socioeconomic threats of deepfakes in today's society and how cyber-wellness (or digital media literacy) education can help netizens mitigate their risks.
AB - In recent years, society has witnessed accelerated advancement in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies, which may be viewed as a double-edged sword. On one hand, GenAI tools can be used to create synthetic content legitimately. For example, advertising agencies may, with permission, generate celebrities' images or videos using GenAI tools without putting them in front of cameras and thus reducing the overall cost of media construction. On the other hand, scammers may utilize GenAI tools to craft or edit artificial content (for example, texts, images, videos, or audio), so-called deepfakes, to mislead or deceive netizens with robocalls or voice cloning phishing, potentially causing detrimental consequences for society. This article briefly debates emerging socioeconomic threats of deepfakes in today's society and how cyber-wellness (or digital media literacy) education can help netizens mitigate their risks.
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U2 - 10.1145/3715317
DO - 10.1145/3715317
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105014905417
SN - 0001-0782
VL - 68
SP - 70
EP - 79
JO - Communications of the ACM
JF - Communications of the ACM
IS - 8
ER -