Here's how to spot a deepfake

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A fake AI image of Katy Perry and Rihanna at the Met Gala went viral on Monday. The latest examples of deepfakes, which trick people on the internet into thinking that a celebrity or politician has said or done something they haven't actually done, are often missing fingers, are of poor quality, or have been tampered with. It is clear that the videos and images are

Katy Perry attended the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

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Deepfakes are a type of artificial intelligence called “deep learning” that is used to learn how to solve problems on its own when given a dataset and swap faces in videos and photos to create fake media that looks just like the real thing. will be done.

Some deepfakes were made for comedic purposes, such as a compilation of Nicolas Cage deepfaked from movies that didn't feature him, such as Raiders of the Lost Ark. there is. and “Man of Steel”.”

Some people have maliciously used this AI to create pornography (mainly “revenge porn”) that often features celebrities' faces. According to a report from Deeptrace, 96% of his deepfake videos discovered online in 2019 were pornographic.

The deepfake is credited to Reddit user “Deepfake,” who in 2017 posted fake porn on the site swapping the faces of adult film stars with celebrities like Taylor Swift and Scarlett Johansson.

Politicians are also often victims of deepfakes. In 2018, a fake video of Barack Obama calling Donald Trump a “total piece of shit” went viral.

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The Met Gala was on a Monday, it was fake. image A photo of Perry wearing a large floral dress was shared by X and has been viewed more than 15.5 million times and received 314,000 likes. However, Perry appears to be missing an arm of hers, and she is not on the carpet, befitting this year's theme, with only one of the photographers lining her background paying attention to her. , which is unlikely if this is a real photo of her.a Number 2 An AI-generated photo of Perry in a different gown also went viral on the platform, where it was viewed more than 4.5 million times and received 115,000 likes. In this image the singer is on the correct carpet, but there is something wrong with her eyes and hands. The singer reposted both posts to She posted it with the caption, “Ta.'' AI generated image rihanna “X” also became a hot topic, but the singer reportedly did not participate in the event because he was sick with the flu.

How to spot a deepfake

debris: These are things that are strange or out of place in a photo or video. Possible symptoms include ill-fitting shoes or earrings, an misshapen jaw, missing fingers, or extra feet.
Eye movements: Deepfake videos often depict people blinking strangely or making strange eye movements. A study published at Cornell University's arXiv used eye blink detection to determine whether deepfake faces were not blinking properly.
Audio/video quality: Many deepfake videos show audio and video matching out of sync.For example, this is video Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement (translated by Reuters) claims that he has reached peace with Ukraine, but his mouth movements do not match the audio.
source: As deepfakes become more and more convincing, one of the best ways to tell if they're fake is to check their source, which becomes a little harder on social media as anyone can share videos and photos. The original source of the President Joe Biden video must be either the White House, an official government agency, or a trusted news platform.
Sharpen your detection skills: There are several websites dedicated to helping you improve your deepfake detection skills. MIT's Detect Fakes is a short quiz that allows users to compare two of her videos and decide which one is real. Microsoft's Spot the Deepfake is his 10-question quiz that lets users determine deepfakes by detecting signs such as eye movements and emotional reactions.

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After President Joe Biden released his April 2023 re-election campaign announcement, the Republican National Committee released a rebuttal video using AI-generated imagery depicting an apocalyptic Biden-Harris second term. The video, part of the RNC's Beat Biden campaign, features footage of dilapidated Wall Street buildings, wars and explosions in Taiwan, and police in tactical gear protecting San Francisco from crime. Sam Cornerle, executive director of the Democratic National Committee, suggested: Tweet The RNC's use of AI was hopeless and they had “no choice but to ask the AI for help.” Several deepfakes of Mr. Trump have been circulating online, including a fake image of Mr. Trump running from authorities outside a courthouse, and a fake image of Mr. Trump fleeing from authorities on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019. It also includes a video of Trump claiming he did not kill Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his prison cell. Trump himself and a photo of himself kneeling under the spotlight that he shared on Truth Social. In the photo, he appeared to be missing one of his fingers.