Digital Security

This was taken from the article you read.

Lyu and his team at the University at Albany in New York introduced software last year that could spot deepfake videos. It looked at how often the faces blink.

HOW does this paragraph support the main idea of the article?

• It shows that people in videos usually blink.

• It shows that scientists are finding ways to spot deepfakes.

• It shows that some scientists look at videos as a team.

• It shows why lawmakers want to pass laws about deepfakes.

This was taken from the article you read.

The 2020 presidential election is coming up. The U.S. government is worried about fake videos fooling voters. Lawmakers and universities are developing software that can find and stop the videos. They are called deepfakes.

Which statement summarizes the paragraph?

• Videos might fool voters when they go to vote in the 2020 presidential election.

• The U.S. government wants to find and stop deepfakes from fooling voters in the 2020 election.

• Lawmakers and universities think that deepfakes will fool voters about the 2020 election.

• The U.S. government is working with universities to find videos about the 2020 election.

This article is mostly organized using problem and solution as the structure.

Why do you think the author chose to organize the information this way?

• to explain the history of the development of fake videos and and why people make them

• to compare the effectiveness of different methods scientists have developed to study fake videos

• to describe the first fake video that was created and some of the different effects of that video

• to explain why the U.S. government is worried about fake videos and what it is doing to stop them

This was taken from the article's introduction [paragraphs 1-5] and the final section “Fake News Anchors On TV In China.”

What is one connection between these two sections?

• The introduction states that fake videos used to take a lot of time and expertise to make, and the final section explains why.

• The introduction explains how fake video can be used to commit crimes, and the final section gives some examples of this.

• The introduction explains what AI is, and the final section gives some examples of AI being used to generate videos of newspeople.

• The introduction states that there has been a rise in AI, and the final section explains the main cause of this rise.

Description of digital security

• the protection of a computer's internet account and files from intrusion by an outside user

• the management of change and development within a business or similar organization.

• a monitor filtersthat decrease the viewing angle of a monitor, preventing it from being viewed from the side;

• prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

How much of the information that we post online can be 100% secure?

• None

• About half

• Nearly all

Why do students need to learn about digital security?

• To learn how to protect themselves from online threats

• Because it is required for them

• To learn how to give personal information out to online users

Can technology make famous people appear to say things they didn't say?

• Yes

• Not really

The US Government sees fake news as

• a clear and present danger

• a minor inconvenience

• a problem in other countries like China

Like other technologies, the development of Artificial Intelligence can have good and bad impacts on us or our society. Good impacts often involve improvements in automation, efficiency, and accuracy. On the other hand, Artificial Intelligence can sometimes lead to issues related to ethics and ____.

• privacy

• open

• announce

• obscure