You can't spot a deepfake anymore

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of AI-generated faces becoming indistinguishable from real photos and features an interview with Dr. Hany Farid on trust and misinformation.

Seven fingers? Extra teeth? Those tells are gone. New research from UC Berkeley confirms we've crossed what they call the "Indistinguishable Threshold," the point where AI-generated faces have become so realistic that people perform no better than a coin flip when trying to distinguish them from real photos. That's why I sat down with Dr. Hany Farid, digital forensics professor at UC Berkeley and the person many call "The Deepfake Detective," to talk about what this means for trust, elections, and the spread of misinformation in a world where seeing is no longer believing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Kim Komando

Guest: Dr. Hany Farid

Topics covered

• deepfake technology
• AI-generated images
• digital forensics
• misinformation
• trust in media

Keywords

• deepfake
• AI
• digital forensics
• misinformation
• trust
• elections
• UC Berkeley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC Berkeley

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