US EditionSavannah Guthrie’s demand for mom’s ‘proof of life’ is complicated in this era of AI and deepfakes
Savannah Guthrie highlights AI deepfake risks complicating proof of life in her missing mother's case as investigators analyze ransom notes and new digital threats.
- On Wednesday, Savannah Guthrie posted an emotional Instagram video pleading for `proof of life` and addressing deepfakes while sitting between her siblings.
- Before AI tools proliferated, `proof of life` could mean a grainy image, but modern AI and deepfakes now create convincing videos and audio, complicating verification.
- At least three news organizations reported receiving purported ransom notes that they gave to investigators, who say they are taking them seriously.
- Separately, a California man was charged Thursday for sending bitcoin-seeking texts to the Guthrie family, and court filings say he is not suspected; Heith Janke, FBI chief in Phoenix, warned that videos alone can't prove life due to AI.
- Images of Nancy Guthrie shared publicly could create deepfakes, complicating verification, while Katherine Schweit, former FBI agent, says investigations now require digital work alongside traditional methods; the report cites the Charles Lindbergh kidnapping’s $50,000 demand as a historical example.
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Helena Independent Record
Savannah Guthrie's demand for mom's 'proof of life' is complicated in era of AI and deepfakes
Before AI tools became popular, "proof of life" could simply mean sending a grainy image of a person who's been abducted. That's no longer true.
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Savannah Guthrie's demand for mom's 'proof of life' is complicated in this era of AI and deepfakes
Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea for “proof of life” of her 84-year-old mother. And in this digital age, the NBC “Today” co-anchor says she knows that voices and images can be manipulated.
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Blood on the front steps. A security camera violently torn from its mount. An 84-year-old mother vanished without a trace. In what should have been the reassuring quiet of a Tucson neighborhood, something unspeakable happened under the cover of darkness—and nearly every detail surrounding it defies explanation. Police remain guarded. Information trickles out in fragments. The clues that do exist feel jagged and incomplete. And at the center of i…
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