SPECIAL EPISODE: A Deep Dive Into Deepfakes

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🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Imagine a computer downloading footage or photos of you from the internet and using them to create a video of you saying something you’ve never said. Sounds more than a little sinister, right? It might not be a sci-fi thing of the future anymore, thanks to advances in deepfakes. On today’s episode, we take a deep dive into deepfakes – what they are, how they are made, and the headaches they can cause. We’ll look at why lawmakers are concerned about their possible effect on elections, but also how researchers are enlisting other computers in the fight to help us spot - and stop - these videos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Friday, August 9th.
0:02.9	Welcome to Schemeless.
0:04.3	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.1	why they matter.
0:09.1	Today, we're going to do something a little bit different.
0:11.6	We're going to go deep, really deep.
0:14.4	On one big topic, you may have been hearing about lately.
0:17.8	Deep Bakes.
0:19.1	You know, those internet means that look real even when you know they're not?
0:23.6	Like that one of Ron Swanson as every character on Full House?
0:27.6	Someone from Cyber Experts to Political Analysts are worried that deep Bakes could wreak
0:31.9	havoc on our democracy.
0:34.0	This is part of our library of audio notes in the Schem app.
0:37.0	Today, you get it for free.
0:39.3	Happy weekend.
0:40.6	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:43.0	Let's Schem this.
0:48.4	It was April 17th, 2018.
0:51.1	And a video of President Obama showed up on Buzzfeed.
0:54.0	We're entering an era in which our enemies can make it look like anyone is saying anything
0:58.4	at any point in time, even if they would never say those things.
1:02.8	At least it appeared to be President Obama.
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