Closer Look with Rose Scott

Elections threatened by deepfake tech; Burner phones and constitutional rights; Documentary on pioneering Black astronauts

February 21, 2024

Georgia State professor and generative AI expert Arun Rai offers insight and concerns regarding deepfake technology and the upcoming election.

 

Plus, Georgia Deputy Attorney General John Fowler argued that owning a burner cell phone can be evidence of criminal intent in the ongoing Atlanta Public Safety Training Center RICO case. Samantha Hamilton, a project attorney at the University of Georgia First Amendment Law Clinic, discusses the constitutional implications of this argument.

 

Lastly, film directors Lisa Cortes and Diego Hurtado de Mendoz spotlight the journeys of the first Black astronauts for NASA’s space program in their new National Geographic documentary, “The Space Race.”

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