The deepfake detective

Chances are, you’ve seen a “deepfake” video. But did you know it? A new breed of tech detectives are building tools to spot these hyper-realistic videos – built with AI – where people say things they didn’t say or do things they’d never do. Some of these clips are just good, fanciful fun. But a deepfake deployed at the right moment could sway an election, or wreck a life. That’s why UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid is working on a “deepfake detective" – a tool to help media outlets know what’s real and what isn’t. But the same program could also give deepfakers a blueprint for how to make their work undetectable. Deepfake technology already exists. This episode asks: What should we do now? Get the weekly Should This Exist? newsletter for reading list and discussion questions: See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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The deepfake detective is an episode from Should This Exist? by WaitWhat.

This episode is 00:35:20 long.

This episode was published on Oct 14, 2020.

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