The "Deepfakes" cannot be stopped, not even with Artificial Intelligence

Technology is perfecting the way in which it is possible to exchange faces through Artificial Intelligence; That is why deepfakes or false news are more present in social networks.

We are entering a new stage of false news and digitally altered videos; This would wear down and weaken the public's trust in information.

The increase in deepfakes, or videos created with Artificial Intelligence that can make it appear that a person did or said something they never did, has raised concern about how such technology could be used to spread misinformation and damage someone's reputation.

Recently, software that uses machine learning appeared.

With this new software, users can edit the text transcription of a video to delete, add or change the words that come out of someone's mouth, when they want to achieve a deepfake.

In December 2017, the word “deepfake” originates from an anonymous user on the “Reddit” website using the nickname “deepfakes”. He used deep learning algorithms to digitally superimpose celebrity faces on actors in pornographic content, and although he was banned from “Reddit,” countless imitators replaced him on other platforms. It is believed that there is an average of 10.000 fake videos circulating online.

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High-profile personalities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, Barack Obama, the former US president, and the actress Gal Gadot who plays Wonder Woman have made headlines for appearing on deepfakes videos, which for hours were believed to be real.

Ali Farhadi assures that there is still nothing they can do; He is currently the Senior Research Manager for the Allen Institute who leads the Vision group. It also indicates that technology is available to many and they can use it in any way and at their convenience; Either harming others or not.