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OpenAI: AI deepfakes will become impossible to verify

A federal evidence rules committee in Boston held its proposed deepfake rule for further study; judges say they have rarely seen such cases so far.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on #Trending
Published 1:09 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

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First reported by Breitbart: “OpenAI: AI-Generated Deepfakes Will Become Impossible to Verify”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 1:09 AM ET on #Trending, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
Topics: AI-generated, OpenAI.
BBN covered this story before: Giants' Winston Experience; deepfake warning to judges; JoJo… (October 17).

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What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFederal judges met in Boston, and OpenAI's policy counsel told them she doesn't think there will be a scientific way to detect AI images going forward.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the people building the fakes say the fakes are unbeatable. I'm sure that's just a confidence-building update.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere's the part I like. Only fifteen of nine hundred thirty-one federal judges surveyed have handled a case where someone called the evidence a deepfake.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFifteen?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJudge Furman said they haven't actually seen a whole lot of that yet. Yet. That's the part the tech people put in the pitch deck.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFifteen judges have seen a fake. The other nine hundred sixteen have a perfect record, as far as they can tell.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBrock, any deepfake weather out there?

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