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MIT creates disturbing ‘deepfake’ video of Nixon announcing Apollo 11 disaster
A doctored video of President Richard Nixon delivering an Apollo 11 contingency speech is making its rounds online — with its creators hoping to underscore the disturbing power of “deepfake” videos. It took Massachusetts Institute of Technology whizzes more than half a year to create the 7-minute video — which shows real NASA footage and then the president delivering a speech as though Apollo 11 had taken a tragic turn, Space.com reported.
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Tackling the misinformation epidemic with “In Event of Moon Disaster”
New website from the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality rewrites an important moment in history to educate the public on the dangers of deepfakes.
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System for thwarting deepfakes unveiled
A new technical standard could provide assurances that photos and videos haven't been tampered with.
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Deepfake porn is now mainstream. And major sites are cashing in
Non-consensual deepfake videos, that humiliate and demean women, are racking up millions of views on mainstream porn sites. Nothing is being done about them.
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Microsoft's New Deepfake Detection Tool Could 'Combat Disinformation'
Microsoft had debuted a new deepfake detection tool to give confidence in images' authenticity.
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AI researchers use heartbeat detection to identify deepfake videos
AI researchers are using heartbeat detection to identify deepfake videos and even to figure out what kind of generative model created a deepfake.
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Deepfake Putin is here to warn Americans about their self-inflicted doom
The news: Two political ads will broadcast on social media today, featuring deepfake versions of Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Both deepfake leaders will be giving the same message: that America doesn’t need any election interference from them; it will ruin its democracy by itself.
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Fake video threatens to rewrite history. Here’s how to protect it
AI-generated deepfakes aren’t just a problem for politics and other current affairs. Unless we act now, they could also tamper with our record of the past.
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This new technology may restore trust in photos and videos against the rise of deepfakes
We're in the early stages of a pretty serious problem. Faster hardware and software might bring us new tools to help with accessibility or bring AI-powered conveniences into the phone in your pocket, but they can also be used to mislead. Deepfakes might be humorously awkward right now, the subject of entertainment and really obnoxious Twitter ads, but they're going to be a bigger and bigger problem as both software and hardware get better. Worse, we're also losing the arms race to detect them. But there's another potential solution.
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The deepfake apocalypse never came. But cheapfakes are everywhere.
It turns out it doesn’t take much to fool the American public.
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A deepfake bot is being used to “undress” underage girls
A similar technology to DeepNude, the 2019 app that shut down shortly after launch, is now spreading unfettered on Telegram.
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South Park creators have a new political satire series with some of the best AI-generated deepfakes on the internet yet
Plus: Watch a self-driving race car drive into a wall, and download the new version of PyTorch
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South Park creators mock Trump’s election meltdown with hilarious deepfake video
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone mocked Donald Trump over his election loss in the latest episode of their web series Sassy Justice. In the show, a deepfake (video technology where someone is replaced with another's likeness) of Trump sulks as he reads a reindeer story with a political twist to reflect his defeat in the US election and his failed attempts to cling onto power.
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Deep Fakes: Are Fake News becoming real?
Deep fakes, deceptively real computer-generated images, audio and video recordings of people, are gradually moving into the focus of media and politics. In a world constantly struggling with fake news and disinformation, deep fakes are about to “wreak havoc on society”, at least that’s how Forbes recently put it. So how do deep fakes actually work and what can be done about them?
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Deepfake queen to deliver Channel 4 Christmas message
This year's Channel 4 alternative Christmas message will be delivered by a deepfake of the Queen. While the Queen is delivering her traditional message on the BBC and ITV, her digitally created doppelgänger will be sharing its "thoughts" on Channel 4. Buckingham Palace told the BBC it had no comment on the broadcast. Channel 4 said the intention was to give a "stark warning" about fake news in the digital age.
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'Deepfake' Queen delivers alternative Christmas speech in warning about misinformation
A fake Queen Elizabeth danced across TV screens on Christmas as part of a "deepfake" speech aired by a British broadcaster. Channel 4 said the video was supposed to offer "a stark warning about the advanced technology that is enabling the proliferation of misinformation and fake news in a digital age."
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Deepfake Voice Technology: The Good. The Bad. The Future - EconoTimes
Deepfake voice technology based on voice cloning, or quasi-perfect reproductions of a persons voice, can be used both for the good and for the bad.
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‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives Into Moving Videos
It’s hard to feel connected to someone who’s gone through a static photo. So a company called MyHeritage who provides automatic AI-powered photo enhancements is now offering a new service that can animate people in old photos creating a short video that looks like it was recorded while they posed and prepped for the portrait.
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Deepfake video app Reface is just getting started on shapeshifting selfie culture
A bearded Rihanna gyrates and sings about shining bright like a diamond. A female Jack Sparrow looks like she’d be a right laugh over a pint.
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Deepfake videos of Tom Cruise went viral. Their creator hopes they boost awareness.
The creator of a series of deepfake Tom Cruise videos that garnered more than 11 million views on TikTok said he never wanted to trick people.
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