Chris Mattmann Discusses AI-Generated Political Videos and Digital Trust on KTLA 5
Last night, Dr. Chris Mattmann joined KTLA 5 to discuss the rise of AI-generated political videos, deepfakes, and what this new era of synthetic media means for public trust, elections, social media, and digital literacy.
As generative AI tools become faster, cheaper, and more accessible, realistic video, audio, and imagery can now be created at a scale that was unimaginable just a few years ago. The most important issue is not always the obviously fake content. The greater challenge is increasingly believable AI-generated media that can manipulate emotion, context, and perception before the public has time to verify what is real.
Mattmann emphasized that society is entering a moment where “seeing is believing” is no longer enough. Transparency, provenance, authentication, responsible platform policies, and stronger media literacy will all be essential as AI-generated content becomes more common across politics, news, and public discourse.
At the same time, AI is not inherently negative. The same technologies raising concerns around misinformation can also improve accessibility, education, translation, civic engagement, science, and public communication when used responsibly.
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This KTLA appearance continues Mattmann.AI’s work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, media, public policy, digital trust, and society.
