Jaewoo Seo, director of engineering at Pinscreen, uses 3-D real time capture technology that can be used for online chatting or gaming on February 1, 2018 in Los Angeles, Calif. The company's goal is to make life-like avatars for gaming or communication, but in the wrong hands, the technology could easily be used to deceive people.(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Whether it's a video showing someone else's face on a different body or former US President Barack Obama saying things he didn't really say, "deepfakes" are now a thing.
Another popular use of such manipulated videos: fake porn, featuring everyone from actress Scarlett Johansson to possibly anyone whose photos are available online.
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