New Delhi: In DNA on Wednesday, Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary did an analysis of the Artificial-Intelligence (AI) based deepfake videos. With the help of this technique, anyone can make a fake video in a matter of few hours which can be used to smear anyone or to discredit an individual.
The most popular fake videos are of famous Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise which are quite viral on social media. These videos can confuse anyone and this is the reason why this technology is being discussed all over the world now.
This is deepfake technology, which means real photos or videos are manipulated with the help of Artificial Intelligence, turning them into fake photos and videos for a specific purpose. The images are so good that it becomes difficult to distinguish between real and fake. This is why it is called ‘deepfake technique’.
This technique is very dangerous like ‘nuclear bomb’ because if Tom Cruise can be tagetted like this then it is possible that such a video can be made on anyone else.
It may be that the deepfake video could be made on Prime Minister Narendra Modi falsely claiming that he has resigned and people may also end up believing it. It can also happen to big celebrities, and other ministers of any country, with big industrialists and common people too.
Such deepfake videos are often spread with the help of social media And in the forefront is FaceBook, but ironically FaceBook founder Mark Zuckerberg himself has fallen prey to deepfake.
Some time ago a fake video of his went viral, not only this it has happened with former US President Barack Obama.Â
This technology can become a bigger challenge for the world than terrorism and to understand this lets look at some figures.
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