Using artificial intelligence (AI), deepfake technologies can generate or manipulate digital media , especially video and audio content, in a way that viewers can hardly distinguish the authentic, original material.
To understand what deepfake is and how it works, it’s important to know that deepfake uses machine learning algorithms to synthesize new content based on existing data, such as images or videos of real people. In practice, it’s important to understand that the technology has the potential to be used for both positive and negative purposes.
On the one hand, audiovisual bolivia telegram phone numbers professionals and the entertainment industry benefit, as they can create more realistic visual effects in films or generate realistic simulations for training purposes.
On the negative side, deepfakes are also used to spread fake news or manipulate public opinion by creating fake videos. In these videos, people say or do things that are not true – but that closely resemble reality. And with this potential, deepfakes have been used against politicians and other public figures, in an attempt to discredit them.
The video below, from BBC News, is an example of this. In it, Barack Obama appears to be giving a speech that he never actually gave.