Such capabilities have existed for decades-that's how the late actor Paul Walker was resurrected for Fast & Furious 7. So what exactly is a deepfake, and why are people so worried about them? What is a deepfake?ĭeepfake technology can seamlessly stitch anyone in the world into a video or photo they never actually participated in. And computer vision and graphics conferences teem with presentations describing methods to defend against them.
Earlier this year, social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter banned deepfakes from their networks. New laws aim to stop people from making and distributing them. Celebrities have found themselves the unwitting stars of pornography, and politicians have turned up in videos appearing to speak words they never really said.Ĭoncerns about deepfakes have led to a proliferation of countermeasures. A growing unease has settled around evolving deepfake technologies that make it possible to create evidence of scenes that never happened.
