On the Internet, it is increasingly difficult to distinguish what is real from what is not. Videos
deepfake
have become one of the most sophisticated techniques in the creation of fake news.
fake news.
The word
deepfake
unites two terms:
deep learning
y
fake
. The first refers to the deep learningone of the branches of artificial intelligence. The second, already known to all, means “fake” and refers to the creation of fake news. In short, they are manipulated videos that make users believe that a person is carrying out an action that has never taken place.
One of the main problems of deepfakes
deepfakes
is the use made of them to manipulate information. If a fake news story is dangerous, a video is even more so; it is given more credibility and goes viral faster.
It is easy to create this type of content because there are applications, with artificial intelligence technology, that make it possible to make changes in people’s faces and voices.
In this sense, we can talk about two types of deepfakes
deepfakes
:
Deepface
Superimposing one person’s face on another person’s face and falsifying gestures.
Deepvoice
: single sentences of a person are joined together to create a false speech.
Like the
fake news
to use, these videos generate disinformation. But they can also be dangerous for your cybersecurity (cybercriminals could steal your credentials or infect your devices).
For this reason, you should pay attention and apply common sense: be wary of content that does not seem to match the person saying it; look for things that do not make sense (distortions, strange backgrounds, etc.); check the image to see if there is something that does not fit, and contrast the information.