Sound familiar? Survey shows people fall for 1 in 4 deepfake speeches

People can only correctly identify deepfake speech 73% of the time, according to a new study. — Photo: Christin Klose/dpa

DUBLIN: More than a quarter of so-called "deepfake" voices fool even the sharpest listeners, going by a survey by University College London (UCL).

More than 500 people could only correctly identify deepfake speech 73% of the time, according to the UCL researchers, who trained "some" participants to prick up their ears for bot voices.