Deepfakes

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

They look, sound, and might even move like someone you know – but they're not. Deepfakes are images, videos, and audio recordings that are increasingly used to trick people.

Michael and Dan enter the mirror world and try to decipher what's real and what's deepfake. How can you tell the difference? And what does the future look (and sound) like in a world where we can't be sure of what's right in front of us?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science. My name's Dan and I'm the editor of the
0:09.6	Week Junior Science in Nature, which is the monthly magazine from the team behind the Week Junior.
0:14.6	And I'm Michael, the acting deputy editor. On this podcast, we explore the strange phenomena
0:20.1	and bizarre events that have left scientists
0:22.2	scratching their heads, and despite their best efforts, remain well and truly unsolved.
0:27.3	We've got a super topical topic today. In recent months, there's been an outbreak, let's call it
0:34.2	an outbreak, of pictures and videos and audio clips across the internet, which look and sound exactly like famous celebrities or political figures.
0:46.3	I've seen a funny picture of the Pope wearing a big white puffer jacket, and there was a video of the former US President Barack Obama talking about healthcare.
0:59.1	So these videos and pictures, they look and sound real.
1:03.9	But in fact, they are 100% totally fake.
1:08.2	They're known as deep fakes.
1:16.6	Yes, now I've heard about these. but why would people want to do this? How do they work? And how can we believe what we see?
1:18.6	Well, Michael, why don't we gather together some very real experts and find out the truth behind deep fakes?
1:26.6	This is mysteriesies of Science.
1:31.3	Okay, Dan, with deep fakes, it sounds to me like you don't know what's real or who to trust.
1:36.3	So how are we going to find experts for this one?
1:39.3	Thankfully, Michael, at the Week Junior Science and Nature, We've made some really good friends over the years,
1:44.6	including the Raspberry Pi Foundation. So readers that the magazine may recognize them from our
1:52.0	coding club. Raspberry Pi is a UK charity which encourages young people to get involved
1:58.9	with computing and digital technologies. So as we're talking
2:03.5	about the digital world, who better to turn to than them? Hi, I'm Ben Garcide and I'm a content
2:09.9	creator at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Welcome to the show, Ben. Thanks for joining us. So tell us
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