Tag: Deepfakes

Deepfakes are getting better, and as they become increasingly convincing, the pressure is on for deepfake detection technologies to keep up

[embedded content] Before we get started here, you must know: BIG SPOILER AHEAD for the final episode of The Mandalorian‘s second season. If you haven’t yet watched that episode, you…

[embedded content] Aside from the 48-minute “Pandemic Special” episode released in September, South Park has been all but absent from our lives in 2020.  But that didn’t stop creators Trey…

[embedded content] I’m not sure what, exactly, inspired YouTuber ontyj aka Jonty Pressinger to create a deepfake mashup of movie characters singing the Smash Mouth earworm “All Star.” It’s a…

When used in the context of movies and memes, deepfakes can occasionally be a source of entertainment.  But they’re also a growing concern. In the age of fake news and…

If you watch basketball, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers has been everywhere on your TV during the last few weeks — just not in the Hulu commercial that…

By now you’ve almost certainly heard of deepfakes — perhaps all the sinister things they can do — but honestly… they can also be kind of fun.  In a rudimentary…

We all have to look a little harder for reasons to celebrate in this dark year of 2020, but here’s a good one: On May 22, Pac-Man turns 40. The…

President Donald Trump doesn’t love to admit he did anything wrong.  By the Washington Post‘s count, he’s made roughly 18,000 false or misleading claims since taking office.  So that makes…