deepfakes

The stakes can be high: Artificial intelligence makes it easy to synthesize videos into new, fictitious ones often called “deepfakes.”

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Whereas deepfakes (digitally altered visual media) and cheap fakes (low-quality altered media) are associated with malicious actors, softfakes are often made by the candidate’s campaign team itself.

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“Just because one or a few deepfake generators can reproduce this physiological signal, it doesn’t mean that all deepfake generators can,” says Farid. The team has already begun experimenting with new ways to spot deepfakes, such as identifying local blood flow patterns in people’s faces.

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This development comes as deepfakes that have been digitally altered or generated by artificial intelligence are ensnaring celebrities and ordinary people alike in convincing but false pornography, financial scams and political propaganda.

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Previously, researchers had experimented with spotting deepfakes by identifying changes in skin colour related to blood flow and heart rate, but this research shows that some deepfake videos can still present a passable pulse.

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