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DEEPFAKE

TECHNOLOGY

“Existential risk of what happens when this artificial intelligence gets more
intelligent than
us.”

These are the words of Godfather of AI, Dr. Geoffrey Hinton has quit

google to convey about the dangers of AI. In Kerala an old friend called a
man, requesting for money through WhatsApp video call. There was no

doubt because he spoke face to face but it was actually a fake video call
made by a scammer using Deepfake Technology. The age of artificial

intelligence demands that you should be suspicious of even video calls from
an acquaintance. Deepfake is creating videos with audio content using AI
and spreading through social media. The people believe it as original but it’s

actually a fake video. In the majority, cybercriminals are making this video
to spread false information and undermine celebrities, political leaders as

well as friends or common people. The videos created through the deep fake
technology is impossible to identify whether it's real or fake.

HOW IS IT DONE?

The photos or videos posted on social platforms will be taken by subversive
and create the deepfake. Using neural network technology transforms analog

information of face from the photo into digital information and swapping it
with other original files. And decode voice of the person using voice

recognition technology will make it similar to original content.

VERITAS VOLUME: 3, ISSUE: 2 WRITER: REBECA BIJU KURIEN