Deepfakes are a revolutionary new technology that uses neural networks to automatically transfer one person's face into a person in an existing image or video. The results are stunning, sometimes scary. Can we trust anzthing anymore when we see the face of one politician on the body of another one, talking with the voice of a third one? Is this really a celebrity endorsing a product in a commercial, or are we duped by techology? What are the implications for business, society and the law when everything can be faked with AI? Join St. Petersburg and Moscow Legal Hackers for a joint online event where we dive into all aspects of deepfakes.

Talking points:

• What are deepfakes and how does the underlying technology work?
• Deepfakes - beneficial or evil technology?
• What impact deepfakes can have on business and society?
• How are deepfakes regulated today and how they should be regulated in the future?
• Can we trust our eyes anymore?

Event speakers:

Daniel «Dazza» Greenwood

Daniel “Dazza” Greenwood is founder of CIVICS.com, a boutique provider of professional consultancy services for legal technologies, automated transactions, data management and technology strategy. Dazza is also a researcher at MIT Media Lab where he is advancing the field of computational law and building out Law.MIT.edu research portfolio.

Angelica Fernandez

Angelica Fernandez is a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Law of the University of Luxembourg researching on the topic of regulatory and governance models for online platforms in the context of artificial intelligence. Her research interests are regulation in technology markets, data privacy, IP and media law. She holds an LL.M in Space, Communication, and Media Law from the University of Luxembourg.

Moderator:

Tiemae Roquerre