That 'deep fake' of the mayor in Austin fooled me for a solid 10 minutes

I was watching a news clip someone sent me about the Austin mayor announcing new city policies. It looked so real, the lighting was perfect, and the facial movements seemed natural. Then I noticed the eyes didn't blink at the same rate as a normal person, and the audio had a tiny lag. That one video made me start checking every local politician clip frame by frame. How do you guys handle deep fakes of people you actually know the real voice of?

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mason_reed4710d ago

I read somewhere that deepfakes are getting so good they can replicate a person's blink patterns now, which is wild. That eye thing you noticed is exactly what tipped me off in a video I saw last week.

alicer5310d ago

Wow, that is actually scary to think about. Blink patterns are such a tiny thing, you wouldn't think anyone would bother to fake them. I mean, I can barely keep track of my own blinking, let alone someone else's. It does make you wonder what else they can copy that we haven't even noticed yet. I'm starting to feel like I can't trust anything I see online anymore.