Lucas Whittaker

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September 27, 2026

Deepfakes are distorting this year’s Victorian election. We found out who’s most susceptible to them

Rory Mulcahy, University of the Sunshine Coast; Aimee Riedel, Griffith University; Asha Worsteling, The University of Queensland; Griffith University; Lucas Whittaker, Swinburne University of Technology, and Renee Barnes, University of the Sunshine Coast

Voters need to become better at questioning what they see, without automatically disbelieving it.

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August 16, 2026

New EU laws make AI content labels compulsory – but might just make it harder to spot deepfakes

Rory Mulcahy, University of the Sunshine Coast; Aimee Riedel, Griffith University; Lucas Whittaker, Swinburne University of Technology, and Renee Barnes, University of the Sunshine Coast

Labels alone won’t be enough to tackle the rise of deepfakes.

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November 20, 2024

Disinformation and deepfakes played a part in the US election. Australia should expect the same

Renee Barnes, University of the Sunshine Coast; Aimee Riedel, Griffith University; Lucas Whittaker, Swinburne University of Technology, and Rory Mulcahy, University of the Sunshine Coast

If left unchallenged, political deep fake videos could have profound impacts on Australian elections.

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Deepfakes are distorting this year’s Victorian election. We found out who’s most susceptible to them

New EU laws make AI content labels compulsory – but might just make it harder to spot deepfakes

Disinformation and deepfakes played a part in the US election. Australia should expect the same

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