AI Term of the Moment
large language model
Redirected from: phony video
Definition: deepfake
(DEEP learning FAKE) Fake content. With increasing advancements in AI every year, text, audio, images and videos created by AI are more realistic every year. It is increasingly difficult to determine which content was created by humans or machine. See deepfake detector.
Serious Implications
Face swapping has been done on images for more than a hundred years, but AI can create a video and make anyone say or do anything with increasing realism. A politician can appear to take any stand, which is dangerous for American democracy. See face swapping and FaceApp.
How to Tell a Fake
There are countless videos on the Web of a man or woman speaking, who exhibits repeating hand and mouth gestures. They are easy to tell now, but they will improve. In many cases, they are not deceptive, just delivering a message "in person." See Reality Defender, fake news, fake website and fake fans.
Real or AI?
Serious Implications
Face swapping has been done on images for more than a hundred years, but AI can create a video and make anyone say or do anything with increasing realism. A politician can appear to take any stand, which is dangerous for American democracy. See face swapping and FaceApp.
How to Tell a Fake
There are countless videos on the Web of a man or woman speaking, who exhibits repeating hand and mouth gestures. They are easy to tell now, but they will improve. In many cases, they are not deceptive, just delivering a message "in person." See Reality Defender, fake news, fake website and fake fans.
At the press reception in the HumanX AI conference in Las Vegas in 2025, journalists were given paddles to hold up as pairs of images were displayed on screen. It was not easy to tell which images were real. See HumanX.