Siwei Lyu Examines How Deepfakes Are Shaping Politics
Siwei Lyu, SUNY Distinguished Professor, was quoted in a Fast Company story on the growing number of deepfake videos featuring New Yorkers criticizing mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Siwei Lyu, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Empire Innovation Professor in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was quoted in a Fast Company article examining a surge of AI-generated deepfake videos portraying supposed New Yorkers criticizing mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
The story highlights how generative AI has made political “astroturfing” easier and harder to detect, allowing campaigns or activists to fabricate realistic-looking constituents at scale. Lyu’s expertise underscores the growing challenge of identifying manipulated video content and the broader risks deepfakes pose to public trust and democratic discourse.
