We’ve all seen the photos or videos. A politician or famous actor says something totally out of character. It looks like the person, sounds like the person and goes viral on social media. But it’s a deepfake, a form of digital manipulation that experts say is one of the biggest threats to trust on the …
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Deepfakes and other manipulated videos put the integrity of democratic elections at risk, a group of experts told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Wednesday. What to do about it is a thorny question. A hearing, titled “Americans at Risk: Manipulation and Deception in the Digital Age” and held by the subcommittee on Consumer Protection, focused on the wide …
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I’m sitting down on a sofa, talking to what looks like a Facetime with Deepak Chopra on a phone. It’s not him, though. It’s an animated, sometimes realistic, talking head. He asks me how I feel. I end up discussing work stress. He suggests a meditation. For a few minutes, I’m having a little session with a Deepak that doesn’t …
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Actor Jim Meskimen has released a video on YouTube giving a “deeper” look at his skills as an impressionist. The voice work is all his, but thanks to deepfake software, he also takes on the facial features of 20 celebrities — and becomes recognizably those people. Deepfakes, video forgeries that make people appear to be doing or saying things they …
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