User:Lizzypassanisi/Fake news

In the year 2017, the internet gained new AI technology that made it possible to create realistic-looking photos and videos of people saying and doing things that they did not actually say or do. We first saw this in a State Farm TV commercial that has become one of the most widely discussed ads in recent memory. It was made to show footage from 1998 of an ESPN analyst making “shockingly accurate” predictions about the year 2020. We later found out the clip was generated using this new AI technology. [2] This technology is known as “Deepfakes”, the name comes from a combination of the phrases “deep learning” and “fake”. [5]This technology has also made it seem like prominent figures in the world are saying or doing negative things, when in fact they have not done or said those things, which could potentially cause damage to their reputation as it is very hard to tell if the video is real or fake.


 * 1) CBS Interactive. (n.d.). Synthetic media: How deepfakes could soon change our world. CBS News. Retrieved October 14, 2021, from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deepfake-artificial-intelligence-60-minutes-2021-10-10/.
 * 2) Dack, S. (2019, July 11). Deep fakes, fake news, and what comes next. The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Retrieved from https://jsis.washington.edu/news/deep-fakes-fake-news-and-what-comes-next/.
 * 3) Fake news and Deepfakes: A dangerous threat for 21st century information ... - researchgate. (n.d.). Retrieved October 14, 2021, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341454354_Fake_News_and_Deepfakes_A_Dangerous_Threat_for_21st_Century_Information_Security.
 * Jr, B. D. (2021, March 8). 'deepfake is the future of content creation'. BBC News. Retrieved October 14, 2021, from https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56278411.
 * 1) Toews, R. (2020, May 26). Deepfakes are going to wreak havoc on society. we are not prepared. Forbes. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2020/05/25/deepfakes-are-going-to-wreak-havoc-on-society-we-are-not-prepared/?sh=1b8a74a27494.