Deepfake

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AI Company Co-Founder Addresses Ethics of Tom Cruise 'Deepfake ... (Coindesk)

Celebrities have lawyers “but what about regular people” who find their images altered by AI without their consent? Tom Graham of AI software company ...

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Seeing is believing? A global scramble to tackle deepfakes (The Japan Times)

“Yikes. (Definitely) not me,” tweeted billionaire Elon Musk last year in one vivid example of a deepfake video that showed him promoting a cryptocurrency scam.

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World scrambles to tackle deepfakes amid warnings of information ... (ABC News)

Nations and international police agencies are fighting back as realistic fake videos created by artificial intelligence erode public trust in information.

"The results confirm fears … The rules came after the Chinese government warned that deepfakes presented a "danger to national security and social stability". In a study, media watchdog NewsGuard, which called it the "next great misinformation superspreader", said most of the chatbot's responses to prompts related to topics such as COVID-19 and school shootings were "eloquent, false and misleading". "Technological advances in artificial intelligence will erode social trust, empower demagogues and authoritarians, and disrupt businesses and markets," the group warned in a report. The following month, the British government voiced concern about deepfakes and warned of a popular website that "virtually strips women naked". Artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining the proverb "seeing is believing", with a deluge of images created out of thin air and people shown mouthing things they never said in real-looking deepfakes that have eroded online trust.

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Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes (FRANCE 24)

Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions -- the scramble is on to rein in AI ...

"The results confirm fears... So like cyber security, we will never solve this, we will only hope to keep up." China enforced new rules last month that will require businesses offering deepfake services to obtain the real identities of their users. But the technology is moving perhaps even quicker. "Yikes. The rules came after the Chinese government warned that deepfakes present a "danger to national security and social stability."

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Deepfake explained: Everything you need to know about the AI fake ... (The Tab)

Deepfake explained: Everything you need to know about the AI fake media taking over ... AI-powered technology is taking over, with cinema relying heavily on ...

Another type of machine learning is known as Generative Adversarial Networks, which detects and improves any flaws in the deepfake. There are a few different ways people create deepfake content, but the most common way relies on the use of the face swapping technique. The latest deepfake trend is about using AI-powered technology to replace one person’s likeness with another in a recorded video.

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What are deepfake videos and what does the law say?... (The Irish Sun)

The term "deepfake" comes from the underlying artificial intelligence technology called "deep learning". Advertisement. There are several ways to make deepfakes ...

[pornographic face-swap videos](https://www.thesun.ie/tech/4481817/making-deepfake-porn-could-soon-be-as-easy-as-using-instagram-filters-according-to-expert/) or photos, the [victim will be able to claim defamation or copyright](https://www.thesun.ie/tech/2745785/deepfake-celeb-sex-tapes-should-be-banned-like-upskirting-says-top-porn-professor/). [endorsing each other to lead the UK.](https://www.thesun.ie/tech/4765747/jeremy-corbyn-backs-boris-johnson-for-prime-minister-in-eerily-realistic-deepfake-clip/) - To help other users create these videos, pervs upload "facesets", which are huge computer folders filled with a celebrity's face that can be easily fed through the "deepfakes" app [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63669711) reported a planned new law would make sharing [pornographic deepfakes](https://www.thesun.ie/fabulous/6933313/fabulous-investigates-sinister-rise-deepfake-porn/) without consent a crime in England and Wales. - Deepfakes have also been used by sickos to make fake porn videos that feature the faces of celebrities or ex-lovers [Deepfake videos](https://www.thesun.ie/tech/10095113/deepfake-ai-generated-people-impossible-detect/) are made using a blend of artificial intelligence and computer imagery to create a manipulated version of a real person. Three-years-ago, Facebook banned deepfake videos that were likely to mislead viewers in the run-up to the [Vox](https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/4/21122653/twitter-policy-deepfakes-nancy-pelosi-biden-trump), Twitter was also taking steps to ban harmful deepfakes. [fake video](https://www.thesun.ie/tech/4765747/jeremy-corbyn-backs-boris-johnson-for-prime-minister-in-eerily-realistic-deepfake-clip/) is one created in 2019 of Boris Johnson. [deepfakes](https://www.the-sun.com/tech/7195843/deepfake-ai-generated-people-impossible-detect/) can be used to deceive audiences. What are deepfake videos and what does the law say? DEEPFAKES have become more commonplace in peoples' newsfeeds and as technology continues to evolve, the harder it is to differentiate what is reality.

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Expert exposes 7 ways to spot a deepfake (The indy100)

An expert gives seven useful tips on spotting a deepfake online. It comes after the technology has been using celebrities (such as Billie Eilish) to depict ...

If the content of a video that you’re being shown seems too good to be true, or the video shows the person in question out of character, there is a high chance that this is true so make sure you close your browser and do not enter any personal information." When casting a new face on top of an existing figure, it will bring with it the lighting and shadows from the original images that will struggle to match the new environment it has been placed into. This means that when displaying a person’s side profile, the technology will be more likely to create a generic-looking facial profile as currently it has a lack of data on analysing this particular angle, meaning deepfake videos will rarely ever have the subject face 90 degrees from the camera." "It’s important to note that with the advancements in this technology, we could fastly be approaching times when a deepfake is indistinguishable from a real video. This is one of the easiest signs to pick up on as the average person blinks "When people are expressive with their face, this is usually accompanied by hand gestures and a lot of body movement. Therefore, if you notice imperfections or blurred image quality around the hairline, there is a chance you aren't talking to who you think you are. Crouch added: "Victims will often trust the deepfake subject and give the scammer personal details such as credit card information and addresses which can scam them out of millions of pounds. In other news, Twitch streamer [Atrioc issued a tearful apology](https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/atrioc-apology-caught-for-deepfakes) after having tabs open of deepfake porn depicting fellow streamers such as Pokimane and Maya Higa. This can be utilised in two easy ways; "A simple sign that a video is a deepfake, is the lighting and colouring in the video. They're generally used with malicious intent or to spread false information from high-profile individuals.

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Op-Ed: Deepfakes – Criminal offense or not? Probably, yes. (Digital Journal)

The sacred media tradition regarding technical issues remains, however. There's not a mention of any legal measures to shut down these things. There never is.

Say you make a deepfake of someone. It’s not that much of a stretch of the imagination, is it? The advantage is that the sender doesn’t have to identify themselves, a very common troll tactic. In theory, you could make deepfakes a statutory crime. Again, the ease of finding deepfakes makes them a liability for users. A slightly more complicated fact is that there’s no reason for them to exist at all. The simple fact is that deepfakes are potentially dangerous. You could make movies out of them, or have other uses for them, but so far the main issue is that all uses of deepfakes are either malicious or “threats by media”. Misrepresenting a person can be construed as a breach of privacy and as a possibly damaging misrepresentation in context with the deepfake. The whole issue with deepfakes is that they are fakes. It’s a bit like a 3D model of an object with reference points to the functions, like movements, speech, etc. That’s kind of strange in this case, because there’s only one way you can source materials to create a deepfake.

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