Deepfakes
Mysteries of Science
Fun Kids
4.6 • 681 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Can you believe everything you see and hear online?
Dan and Michael navigate the fascinating and unsettling world of deepfakes: images, videos, and audio so realistic you might not know they’re fake. With help from tech experts and researchers, they reveal how deepfakes are made, why they’re getting better and harder to spot and challenge you to outsmart the fakes yourself.
Along the way, find out how deepfake tech brings movie characters back to life and why we all need to sharpen our digital detective skills for the future.
Test your skills, learn the science behind AI trickery, and discover how to stay savvy in a world where seeing (or hearing) isn’t always believing...
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| 0:29.8 | Welcome back young detectives to Mysteries of Science. |
| 0:33.2 | This is the podcast that never takes anything at face value. |
| 0:37.2 | So from the archives today we're diving into a digital, who done it, all about deep fakes. |
| 0:42.8 | In this episode, you'll find out all about AI generated trickery and you get the chance to test your detective skills. |
| 0:50.4 | Can you tell the difference between real and fake? |
| 0:58.7 | No! skills. Can you tell the difference between real and fake? Hello and welcome to mysteries of science. My name's Dan and I'm the editor of the |
| 1:04.0 | week junior science and nature, which is the monthly magazine from the team behind the |
| 1:08.3 | week junior. And I'm Michael, the acting deputies editor. |
| 1:11.8 | On this podcast, we explore the strange phenomena and bizarre events that have left scientists |
| 1:16.5 | scratching their heads and despite their best efforts remain well and truly unsolved. |
| 1:21.6 | We've got a super topical topic today in recent months. There's been an outbreak, let's call it an outbreak, of pictures |
| 1:30.3 | and videos and audio clips across the internet, which look and sound exactly like famous |
| 1:38.4 | celebrities or political figures. I've seen a funny picture of the Pope wearing a big white puffer jacket, |
| 1:46.7 | and there was a video of the former US President Barack Obama talking about health care. |
| 1:53.3 | So these videos and pictures, they look and sound real, but in fact, they are 100% totally fake. They're known as deep fakes. |
| 2:05.2 | Yes, now I've heard about these, but why would people want to do this? How do they work? |
| 2:10.9 | And how can we believe what we see? Well, Michael, why don't we gather together some very real experts and find out the truth behind deep fakes? |
| 2:21.4 | This is Mysteries of Science. |
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