Voice Deepfakes Taking Over Social Media

Posted February 28, 2023 by with 0 comments

Via BuzzFeed:

The video, viewed over a million times, isn’t likely to fool anyone — even Biden’s most ardent opponents. But the eerily accurate cadence of the deepfaked version of the president does highlight the ability of AI-generated audio tools to mimic well-known individuals. It’s far from the only example: TikTok has been taken over by videos showing what would happen if a squad made up of current and former presidents gathered on Discord to play games together.

[BuzzFeed]

Full story and more deepfakes at the link.

In general, you have to assume everything on social media is fake. I’ve been assuming as much since around 2017. So, videos like the one above don’t concern me. They’re fun. Another:

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