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You can't spot a deepfake anymore

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Seven fingers? Extra teeth? Those tells are gone. New research from UC Berkeley confirms we've crossed what they call the "Indistinguishable Threshold," the point where AI-generated faces have become so realistic that people perform no better than a coin flip when trying to distinguish them from real photos. That's why I sat down with Dr. Hany Farid, digital forensics professor at UC Berkeley and the person many call "The Deepfake Detective," to talk about what this means for trust, elections, and the spread of misinformation in a world where seeing is no longer believing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So, Andrew, we talk about deep fakes here on the show.

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Right.

1:08.1

They're so hard to figure out, right?

1:13.6

I've seen a bunch of people on social media talking about they're becoming more and more prevalent and getting better and

1:18.2

better and better. There's this guy who's 22 years old. He is a bartender in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

1:24.3

And he applied at an AI company. And they said, yeah, we'll hire you. But we want to

1:30.3

license your name, your voice, and your likeness. And we're going to deep fake you 100%. And

1:37.9

he better be making like $150,000, $200,000 a year. A million bucks. Oh, that's pretty good.

1:43.5

No, they just bought them out.

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