Pope Francis Warns of AI's Ability to Create Fake Images and Audio, Causing Confusion About What's Real
• Pope Francis warns against "creation and diffusion of images that appear plausible but false", referring to AI-generated fake image of him in a puffy coat that went viral
• Cautions against audio deepfakes that falsify a person's voice to say things they didn't say
• Notes emerging AI technologies are "radically affecting the world of information and communication"
• Warns these changes are "both exciting and disorienting"
• Fundamentally, our ability to trust online content will depend on how much we trust the messenger