Detecting deep fakes

The world’s AI companies have pilfered the sum of human creativity without permission or payment to pump out sludge which may undermine society, the economy and democracy itself, so how can people detect the ‘deep fakes’ it produces?

The upside of deep fakes

While audiences and users need to be educated on the negative implications of AI generated deepfakes, the technology can also have positive impacts.

Made-up memories

In a new study, deepfake video clips of movie remakes that don’t actually exist prompted participants to falsely remember the films—but simple text descriptions of the fake movies prompted similar rates of fake memories.

Data literacy is the best weapon against fake satellite images

A new algorithm can detect faked satellite images with a high degree of accuracy, but the best safeguard is an informed public.