Debunking deepfakes is a regular practice for PolitiFact reporters. But you’ve got some of the same tools that we do at your fingertips. Here’s how to use them.
A deepfake is athat changes faces, bodies or voices, making people appear to do and say things that they never did or said. Items can also be added to a video to distort the truth .
Audio synchronization — or lack thereof — is a key marker of a deepfake video, said Siwei Lyu, a University at Buffalo computer science and engineering professor and co-director of the university’s Center for Information Integrity.recording of Biden "I always look into the eyes" of the person in the video, Lyu said."In some cases, the reflections are not consistent, almost as if one eye is looking at one thing and the other is looking at the other." Normally, he said, a person’s eyes will show a reflection of their surroundings or environment.of Morgan Freeman claimed to show the actor criticizing Biden for comments he made at a summit, when talking about the March 27 mass shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee.
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