What's new is the democratization of falsified images, not their existence. Nowadays, local police investigating a small crime would never doubt the veracity of photo or video evidence. If they are provided video evidence of someone committing a burglary, they won't do advanced analysis on the image before sentencing the person.
This won't fool the FBI investigating the murder of a minister, but many authorities with less resources have to rely on video evidence. Very soon, anyone will be able to fabricate incriminating evidence with little effort. Unless tools catch up, this could become a serious problem.
This won't fool the FBI investigating the murder of a minister, but many authorities with less resources have to rely on video evidence. Very soon, anyone will be able to fabricate incriminating evidence with little effort. Unless tools catch up, this could become a serious problem.