The Deepfake Dialogues

The Deepfake Dialogues is a weekly podcast exploring how AI-generated media is reshaping the way we create, communicate, and trust. From synthetic music to political disinformation, from voice cloning for accessibility to non-consensual imagery, we examine the full spectrum: who's building this technology, how it's being used, and what it means for the future.New episodes every Wednesday. Follow now. thedeepfakedialogues.substack.com

The Deepfake Dialogues is a technology podcast hosted by Ashmita Rajmohan, with 18 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ashmita Rajmohan hosts The Deepfake Dialogues, a technology show with 18 episodes published.

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  Episode #14

  The States vs. Deepfakes | A Look at U.S. State Deepfake Laws

  May 20, 202637 minS0

  <p>While Congress stalls, state legislatures have quietly become the front line in the fight against deepfakes. This episode features Ilana Beller, who leads Public Citizen’s state legislative work on AI and has helped move model legislation through more than 40 states, focused on the two areas moving fastest: non-consensual intimate deepfakes and election deepfakes.</p><p>We discuss:</p><p>* What the Take It Down Act accomplished and left on the table, including the missing private right of action</p><p>* How intimate deepfake laws work, and why circulation is easier to prosecute than creation</p><p>* What separates a...

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  Episode #13

  Deepfakes in Local Politics: How a York Councillor Was Targeted

  May 13, 202632 minS0

  <p>What happens when a local councillor becomes the target of a deepfake smear campaign?</p><p>In March 2026, a deepfake video of Cllr Pete Kilbane, Labour Deputy Leader of City of York Council, began circulating online. In the clip, his digitally fabricated likeness appeared to hand wads of cash to balaclava-clad men, as if paying them to remove flags. The video was fake. The campaign of intimidation surrounding it was not.</p><p>In this episode, Pete walks through what happened in York after St George’s Cross and Union flags began appearing on lampposts across the city as pa...

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  Episode #12

  Deepfake Nudes in Schools: When AI-Enabled Abuse Hits the Classroom

  May 6, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>Content note: This episode discusses AI-generated child sexual abuse material, non-consensual intimate imagery, sextortion, and sexual abuse.</p><p>AI-powered “nudify” apps are increasingly being used by students to create deepfake sexual images of classmates, but most schools still do not have clear policies for prevention, reporting, discipline, or victim support.</p><p>Riana Pfefferkorn, a policy fellow at Stanford HAI, joins DeepFake Dialogues to discuss her policy brief, Addressing AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material: Opportunities for Educational Policy, and what schools, lawmakers, platforms, and communities need to understand about how this is actually playing out.</p><p>Read the...

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  Episode #11

  When AI Fakes Go Wild: Synthetic Media and Wildlife Conservation

  Apr 7, 202623 minS0

  <p>AI-generated wildlife videos are flooding social media, and the consequences go far beyond misleading content.</p><p>Dana Wilson of Wildlife SOS, an Indian nonprofit running 13 rescue centers and emergency hotlines across the country, explains how synthetic animal videos are distorting public understanding of wildlife behavior, putting both people and animals at risk.</p><p>We discuss:</p><p>* How Wildlife SOS’s real rescue footage has been stolen and spliced with AI-generated endings</p><p>* The public safety threat of videos that make dangerous predators look friendly and approachable</p><p>* AI-generated attack videos stoking fear and calls fo...

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  Episode #10

  Could a Deepfake Start a Nuclear War?

  Feb 11, 202632 minS0

  <p>In this episode, I’m joined by Erin D. Dumbacher, Stanton Nuclear Security Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss her recent Foreign Affairs article “How Deepfakes Could Lead to Doomsday.” We explore how deepfakes and AI hallucinations could infiltrate the systems designed to prevent nuclear catastrophe — and why the story of Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who in 1983 chose not to trust his screen when it told him American nukes were incoming, matters more now than ever.</p><p>We also dig into the Pentagon’s rush to integrate AI across the Department of Defense, why AI tra...

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