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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInsanely Accurate Lip Synching Tech Could Turn Fake News Videos Into a Real Problem
GizmodoImagine the worst case scenario. Dubious filmmakers use artificially intelligent computers to feed raw audio into a simulated version of Barack Obama. The audio is actually Obamas voice, and the face really is his face. But the lip movements? Totally fake. The filmmakers publish the video on the internet, and its virtually impossible to see that its a fake, because the technology is so good. This is not a hypothetical situation any more.
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a method that uses machine learning to study the facial movements of Obama and then render real-looking lip movement for any piece of audio. That means they can make videos of Obama saying pretty much anything they want, in whatever setting they want. The effect works especially well when they use random audio of Obamas voicesay, an old recording of Obama as a law studentand make it look like Obama said these things yesterday.
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Insanely Accurate Lip Synching Tech Could Turn Fake News Videos Into a Real Problem (Original Post)
Jimbo101
Jul 2017
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RKP5637
(67,101 posts)1. This is not receiving as much attention as it should in the public eye! n/t
CANADIANBEAVER69
(337 posts)2. Sounds a lot like The Running Man....
The technology is now in place....won't be long now.
shraby
(21,946 posts)3. This tech might be used to put out false campaign videos. They would be able to make it
appear the candidate said anything they wanted for or against an issue.