Deepfakes

Elon Musk speaking to journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at a conference in 2016. Musk's lawyers recently tried to argue in court that comments he made at that event could have been altered.

People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused

4:12pm May 08, 2023

by Shannon Bond

The unleashing of powerful, generative AI on the public is raising concerns that as the technology becomes more prevalent, it will become easier to claim that anything is fake.

Ethan Mollick, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, used a photo of himself (left) in an artificial intelligence platform where he generated a deepfake video of himself (right).

Politics & Government

It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start

12:44pm March 23, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Powerful artificial intelligence tools that can create video, audio, text and pictures are raising fears the technology will supercharge disinformation and propaganda by bad actors.

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This image made from video of a fake video featuring former President Barack Obama shows elements of facial mapping used for deepfakes that lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they've never said.

National

Facebook Researchers Say They Can Detect Deepfakes And Where They Came From

8:25am June 17, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Deepfakes are altered photos, videos, and still images that use artificial intelligence to appear realistic. They've become harder to detect.