It’s getting easier to create artificial intelligence videos and photos and harder to tell the real from the fake.“A deep fake is a computer-created image or voice or video of a person, either a person who doesn’t exist, but seems real, or a person who does exist, making them do or say something they never actually did or said,” AI expert Kerry Tomlinson said.Deep fakes and AI-altered content are difficult to spot, starting with deep fake audio. “You want to listen for things that don’t quite sound human, and with deep fakes, if you listen, sometimes they will take no breaths when they’re talking and that comes to video or audio. So, you may actually feel a sense of breathlessness when you listen,” Tomlinson said.Next, be sure to take a close look at the visuals. “So, for example, the earrings may not be fully formed or the teeth may not be fully formed. As far as deep fake video goes, often the physiology isn’t quite working yet. The pieces and parts of the face aren’t quite together yet,” Tomlinson said.Experts also say people shouldn’t immediately assume what they see and hear is correct. “Go and verify the message. Is this message real? We need to go back to that basic message. What do they want from me. Could it hurt me? Can I verify it? And if you can’t verify it, don’t do it,” Tomlinson said.Another clear sign that a video is AI-generated is a watermark, like one from Sora, a video-creation app from OpenAI.
CINCINNATI —
It’s getting easier to create artificial intelligence videos and photos and harder to tell the real from the fake.
“A deep fake is a computer-created image or voice or video of a person, either a person who doesn’t exist, but seems real, or a person who does exist, making them do or say something they never actually did or said,” AI expert Kerry Tomlinson said.
Deep fakes and AI-altered content are difficult to spot, starting with deep fake audio.
“You want to listen for things that don’t quite sound human, and with deep fakes, if you listen, sometimes they will take no breaths when they’re talking and that comes to video or audio. So, you may actually feel a sense of breathlessness when you listen,” Tomlinson said.
Next, be sure to take a close look at the visuals.
“So, for example, the earrings may not be fully formed or the teeth may not be fully formed. As far as deep fake video goes, often the physiology isn’t quite working yet. The pieces and parts of the face aren’t quite together yet,” Tomlinson said.
Experts also say people shouldn’t immediately assume what they see and hear is correct.
“Go and verify the message. Is this message real? We need to go back to that basic message. What do they want from me. Could it hurt me? Can I verify it? And if you can’t verify it, don’t do it,” Tomlinson said.
Another clear sign that a video is AI-generated is a watermark, like one from Sora, a video-creation app from OpenAI.
