The Ugly: A Downward Spiraling Race

data collection is crucial for realistic deepfakes. Kevin Roose, a tech columnist at NYTimes, tried the FakeApp by collecting video footage of himself with entertaining if unconvincing Like any deep learning task,is crucial for realistic deepfakes. Kevin Roose, a tech columnist at NYTimes, tried the FakeApp by collecting video footage of himself with entertaining if unconvincing results . For now, it implies that only public figures with plenty of high-quality videos will be the targets of convincing deepfakes. But deepfakes of politicians are potentially the most impactful forms of fake news and could negatively affect, for example, the 2020 US elections

This development also places a heavier weight on technology that detects deepfake content. That’s why we have curated 6 tools that can help you detect deepfakes:

But deepfakes are like computer viruses: as soon as someone finds a way to detect them, another will find a way around it . The hide and seek between fraudsters and detectors spiral together downward as if the two constitute a gigantic GAN.

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