It's Almost Impossible to Spot Deepfakes Now... as This Quiz Proves
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Summary
Deepfakes are AI-generated photos and videos that look realistic, and can be used to spread misinformation or to trick people into thinking they are talking to a celebrity, for example.
iProov conducted a study asking 2,000 people in the US and UK to detect deepfakes among a series of images and videos, finding that only 0.1% of participants achieved a perfect score.
The quiz is available online for anyone to try, with iProov saying if someone can detect all deepfakes they will score higher than 99.9% of the original participants, and only 0.1% of people could accurately identify the deepfakes.
Andrew Bud, founder and CEO of iProov warned that criminals are exploiting peoples’ inability to distinguish between real and fake imagery, putting personal information and financial security at risk.
The technology behind deepfakes is only predicted to get more sophisticated, making it even harder to detect what is real and what is not.
