Innovation

Think Deepfakes Are Bad? ‘Cheapfakes’ Are Far More Dangerous

TRICK PICS

They require a fraction of the money or technical knowledge to produce—but knowing how to spot them can go a long way toward stemming disinformation.

A photo illustration shows a picture of a human woman shoddily taped together with an AI humanoid
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You’ve likely already been schooled on how to spot a deepfake, a dangerous but relatively immature artificial intelligence tool. Are there odd shadows or glares? Are the lips synced up with the audio? Are there too many or too few fingers on the hands?

But as Israel

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