News directors getting nervous about deepfakes

U.S. network broadcaster CBS says its news division will create a deepfake-detection unit. The move is part of a growing realization among TV networks that their raison d'être is under attack.

Faked celebrity porn got a lot of headlines a few years ago, but anyone who studies biometrics has known the real threat for much longer. CBS is sharing very little about its project, including how fraudulent video will be identified by humans or algorithms.

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