Deepfakes
A report on the use of artificial intelligence to create deepfakes simulating a person’s likeness. The synthetic media it produces poses many ethical dilemmas including the threat of misinformation. Includes interviews with Chris Ume, a visual effects artist who created “DeepTomCruise”; Nina Schick, a political scientist and technology consultant who wrote one of the first books on deepfakes; Victor Riparbelli, CEO and co-founder of Synthesia; and Tom Graham, lawyer and co-founder of Metaphysic.