D is for Deepfake

<p>Have you ever seen something truly uncanny? Your brain tells you what you're seeing is true, but something at the back of your mind niggles. Someone is trying to trick you... This week, Will and Alisha enter the warped reality of deepfakes. Is it just art, or is it a fundamental threat to the very fabric of our reality!? Lol. Let's find out!</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>Articles - </p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake</a></p> <p> </p> <p>What are deepfakes – and how can you spot them? (Ian Sample, The Guardian, 13 Jan 2020)</p> <p><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/13/what-are-deepfakes-and-how-can-you-spot-them'>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/13/what-are-deepfakes-and-how-can-you-spot-them</a></p> <p> </p> <p>How Deepfakes Could Help Plant False Memories in Our Minds (Tristan Greene, The Next Web, March 2021)</p> <p><a href='https://thenextweb.com/neural/2021/03/23/how-deepfakes-could-help-implant-false-memories-in-our-minds/'>https://thenextweb.com/neural/2021/03/23/how-deepfakes-could-help-implant-false-memories-in-our-minds/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Pennsylvania Woman Accused of Using Deepfake Technology to Harass Cheerleaders (Christina Morales, NY Times, March 2021)</p> <p>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/us/raffaela-spone-victory-vipers-deepfake.html</p> <p> </p> <p>A Bucks County woman created ‘deepfake’ videos to harass rivals on her daughter’s cheerleading squad, DA says (Vinny Vella, The Inquirer, March 2021)</p> <p><a href='https://www.inquirer.com/news/bucks-county-raffaela-spone-cyberbullying-deepfake-20210312.html?outputType=amp'>https://www.inquirer.com/news/bucks-county-raffaela-spone-cyberbullying-deepfake-20210312.html?outputType=amp</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Slick Tom Cruise Deepfakes Signal That Near Flawless Forgeries May Be Here (Emma Bowman, NPR, March 2021)</p> <p><a href='https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/975849508/slick-tom-cruise-deepfakes-signal-that-near-flawless-forgeries-may-be-here'