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→undetected deepfakes can be highly dangerous

Abstract

Fake news is not new on the internet, and people often change images and videos for a joke. However, deepfakes aren’t only meant to make you laugh. Instead, they can spread misinformation or discredit a person or a group. As more deepfakes find their way onto the internet, we need to find the best way to detect these harmful videos. We tested whether the leading AI model or humans were better at detecting deepfakes online. We found that humans and the AI model were each good at identifying certain types of deepfakes. Maybe we could merge the abilities of both AI and humans to create the best deepfake detection model!

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+ Lesson idea video on deepfakes + Links to lesson on detecting deepfakes + Link to create your own machine learning model + Audio version of article
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January 2024
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