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Staying One Step Ahead

Deepfake tech is still accelerating at breakneck pace, making detection and defense an endless cat-and-
mouse game. But through innovative thinking, regulation, education, and awareness, we can maintain
the risks in proportion and utilize AI's promise for good.

Defense of truth in the age of AI isn't a tech problem but it's everybody's problem that requires cooperation
between disciplines and borders.

Conclusion

Deepfakes are an ancient adversary of the AI age, a potentially disastrous capability to be used for
fantasizing or letting go. Managing reality requires attention, technological progress, legislating, and an
educated population. By disseminating awareness of the danger and enforcing coercive
countermeasures, we can ensure truth prevails over more man-made existence.

In the algorithmic age, reality is fluid and when AI distorts the mirror, only truth shows what is real.

About the Author

Omkar Bhalekar is a Sr Network Engineer at Tesla Motors. He
specializes in advanced networking in the field of smart and sustainable
manufacturing technologies of electric Vehicles, battery technology,
and Robotics following Industry 5.0 standards which focusses on
environmental sustainability. With 6+ years' experience in this field and
cybersecurity enthusiast specializing in Data center architecture,
Manufacturing infrastructure, and Sustainable solutions. With extensive
experience in designing and securing resilient industrial networks,
building smart factories and AI data centers with scalable networks,
Omkar avidly writes to simplify complex technical topics for engineers,
researchers, and industry leaders.

Omkar can be reached online at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omkar-bhalekar
or at his personal website https://www.omkarbhalekar.com/

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