Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes

Deepfake tech has become an issue in many countries. — Image by macrovector on Freepik

WASHINGTON: Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions – the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.

Artificial Intelligence is redefining the proverb “seeing is believing”, with a deluge of images created out of thin air and people shown mouthing things they never said in real-looking deepfakes that have eroded online trust.