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Looks Can Be Deceiving: Deepfakes
Season 1 · Episode 47

Looks Can Be Deceiving: Deepfakes

After the Fact

January 18, 201919m 43s

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Show Notes

Stat: 57 percent of social media news consumers expect what they see there to be largely inaccurate.

Story: The rise of deepfakes—realistic fake videos made with artificial intelligence software—is beginning to make sorting fact from fiction even harder. In an interview with Dartmouth Professor Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert who advises governments and the media on how to meet this growing threat, we discuss the implications for people and societies when we can't necessarily believe what we see.