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Detecting 'deepfake' videos in the blink of an eye

  • Written by Siwei Lyu, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Director, Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lab, University at Albany, State University of New York
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A new form of misinformation is poised to spread through online communities as the 2018 midterm election campaigns heat up. Called “deepfakes” after the pseudonymous online account that popularized the technique – which may have chosen...

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