Mar 15, 2019

Hany Farid on ‘Deepfake’ Videos: How to Spot Them and Why They’re Dangerous

From KQED News

‘Deepfake’ Videos: How to Spot Them and Why They’re Dangerous

Hosted by Mina Kim

Image-doctoring is nothing new: Joseph Stalin ordered his enemies airbrushed out of official photos and Cuba altered images of Fidel Castro to remove his hearing aid. But national security experts are worried about a new frontier in manipulated content: deepfakes. Deceptively realistic, deep fakes are AI-generated videos that use techniques like faceswaps, lip synchs, and even “digital puppeteers” to show people saying things they never said or doing things they never did. We'll talk about how to spot deepfakes and the potential threats they pose to democratic institutions.

Guests:

Hany Farid, professor of computer science, Dartmouth College

Bobby Chesney, professor of law, University of Texas at Austin; co-author with Danielle Citron, "Deep Fakes: A Looming Challenge for Privacy, Democracy, and National Security"

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Hany Farid will join the faculty at UC Berkeley in the Summer of 2019 with a joint appointment in the School of Information and EECS. 

Last updated:

March 26, 2019