Spent $60 on a deep fake detection course and it actually paid off already

I was scrolling through Facebook last week and saw a video of a city council member saying something wild about raising taxes. Something felt off about the mouth movements so I pulled up the stuff I learned from that online course I bought. The blinking pattern was all wrong and the skin texture looked too smooth in the shadows. I spent about 2 hours running it through free tools the course recommended and sure enough it was a fake. I sent my findings to the council member's office and they thanked me. That $60 course saved me from spreading misinformation to my neighborhood group. Has anyone else had luck with those cheap online detection classes or are most of them junk?

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charlies375d agoMost Upvoted

That's a rough situation with your grandpa, man - these fakes are getting way too good at tricking people we trust. Glad those cheap courses are actually helping folks catch stuff before it spreads too far.

ramirez.vera9d ago

My grandpa got fooled by a fake video of his favorite actor last month and forwarded it to our whole family before I caught it. These cheap courses are actually starting to pay off because the fakes are getting good enough to fool everyone now.

robinp898d agoMost Upvoted

Honestly, did your grandpa ever figure out how wild that whole situation was? Tbh, @ramirez.vera, it reminds me of what happened to my buddy Mark last week. His mom got sent a deepfake of their pastor asking for donation money, and she almost sent two hundred bucks before Mark noticed the voice was slightly off. Ngl, these things are getting scary good, especially with those cheap AI courses flooding the internet now. I swear, if this keeps up, we're all gonna have to fact-check every single video our relatives send us.