Hacker News with Generative AI: Deepfakes

Perceptually lossless (talking head) video compression at 22kbit/s (mlumiste.com)
I’ve been having quite a bit of fun with the fairly recent LivePortrait model, generating deepfakes of my friends for some cheap laughs.
Video Compression, Deepfakes, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
225 points by skandium 13 days ago | 140 comments
Russia reportedly paid Florida cop to pump out anti-Harris deepfakes (theverge.com)
A former Florida sheriff who moved to Russia amid an FBI investigation is a Kremlin-backed propagandist responsible for viral deepfake videos and misinformation targeting Kamala Harris’s campaign, according to European intelligence documents reviewed by the Washington Post.
Politics, Deepfakes, Russia, Misinformation, US Politics
23 points by Gigamouse 27 days ago | 0 comments
The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet Users (theintercept.com)
The United States’ secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept.
Artificial Intelligence, Deepfakes, Military, Security, Surveillance
14 points by croes 33 days ago | 8 comments
The racist AI deepfake that fooled and divided a community (bbc.com)
When an audio clip appeared to show a local school principal making derogatory comments, it went viral online, sparked death threats against the educator and sent ripples through a suburb outside the city of Baltimore. But it was soon exposed as a fake, manipulated by artificial intelligence - so why do people still believe it’s real?
Artificial Intelligence, Deepfakes, Racism, Social Media, Community Impact
36 points by dabinat 47 days ago | 14 comments
Deepfake scams escalate, hitting 53% of businesses (cfodive.com)
Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Business, Scams
5 points by geox 78 days ago | 0 comments
South Korea battles surge of deepfake pornography (theguardian.com)
South Korea, Deepfakes, Pornography, Technology, Law Enforcement
14 points by anigbrowl 79 days ago | 13 comments
Tom Hanks alerts fans about AI ads using his voice to sell 'wonder drugs' (latimes.com)
Tom Hanks, Artificial Intelligence, Deepfakes, Advertising, Health
4 points by geox 82 days ago | 0 comments
Telecom that enabled Biden deepfake scam will pay FCC $1M (techcrunch.com)
Telecom, Scams, Deepfakes, FCC, Politics
8 points by ankitdce 92 days ago | 0 comments
Trump posts deepfakes of Swift, Harris and Musk in effort to shore up support (theguardian.com)
Politics, Deepfakes, Social Media, Celebrities
14 points by marban 93 days ago | 1 comments
Grok's AI image chatbot serves up Nazi Mickey Mouse and Taylor Swift deepfakes (theguardian.com)
Generative AI, AI Art, Deepfakes, Controversial AI
10 points by howard941 99 days ago | 1 comments
Real time face swap and one-click video deepfake (github.com/hacksider)
Video Editing, Deepfakes, Artificial Intelligence
34 points by sabrina_ramonov 102 days ago | 3 comments
Deep Live Cam: Real-time face swapping and one-click video deepfake tool (deeplive.cam)
Deepfakes, Video Editing, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy
251 points by blini2077 103 days ago | 168 comments
The FCC wants the AI voice calling you to say it's a deepfake (techradar.com)
AI, Regulation, Deepfakes, Communication
8 points by thunderbong 104 days ago | 0 comments
Trolls Used Her Face to Make Fake Porn. There Was Nothing She Could Do. (nytimes.com)
Online Abuse, Deepfakes, Privacy, Cybercrime, Women's Rights
12 points by mitchbob 113 days ago | 4 comments
Elon Musk posts deepfake of Kamala Harris that violates X policy (theverge.com)
Elon Musk, Deepfakes, Social Media, Politics
27 points by isaacfrond 114 days ago | 33 comments
Ferrari exec foils deepfake attempt by asking a question only CEO could answer (fortune.com)
Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Business, Ferrari
70 points by sebazzz 114 days ago | 62 comments
Deepfake Scammers Fail to Infiltrate Ferrari After Exec Got Suspicious (msn.com)
Deepfakes, Scams, Security, Ferrari
4 points by toss1 115 days ago | 1 comments
Ferrari exec foils deepfake attempt by asking a question only CEO could answer (fortune.com)
Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Business, Ferrari
16 points by thunderbong 115 days ago | 17 comments
One Question Saved Ferrari from a Deepfake Scam (bloomberg.com)
Cybersecurity, Deepfakes, Business
6 points by Tomte 116 days ago | 1 comments
AOC's Deepfake AI Porn Bill Unanimously Passes the Senate (rollingstone.com)
Politics, Artificial Intelligence, Legislation, Deepfakes
85 points by doener 119 days ago | 89 comments
AI 'deepfake' faces detected using astronomy methods (nature.com)
AI, Deepfakes, Computer Vision, Astronomy, Science
10 points by pseudolus 122 days ago | 0 comments
Want to spot a deepfake? Look for the stars in their eyes (ras.ac.uk)
Deepfakes, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision
296 points by jonbaer 126 days ago | 145 comments
Want to spot a deepfake? Look for the stars in their eyes (sciencedaily.com)
Deepfakes, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Science
23 points by pwmtr 127 days ago | 1 comments
Picking up the fight against deepfakes, voice cloning and generative AI (garandor.com)
Generative AI, Deepfakes, Voice Cloning, Security
23 points by matyask 129 days ago | 16 comments
Deepfake Porn Prompts Tech Tools and Calls for Regulations (ieee.org)
Deepfakes, Pornography, Technology, Regulation
9 points by rbanffy 129 days ago | 5 comments
2024 Russian propaganda includes deepfakes, sham websites, social media swarms (text.npr.org)
Disinformation, Propaganda, Deepfakes, Social Media, Russia
19 points by rntn 165 days ago | 0 comments
Jail time for those caught distributing deepfake porn under new Australian laws (theguardian.com)
Deepfakes, Law, Australia, Pornography, Crime
34 points by smcin 172 days ago | 49 comments
Google Photos is creating a deep fake of you and calling it Cinematic Memory (ycombinator.com)
Google Photos, Deepfakes, Artificial Intelligence, Video Editing
22 points by wnmurphy 184 days ago | 9 comments
'Russian' Woman Loves China. Too Bad She's a Deepfake (nytimes.com)
Deepfakes, China, Russia, Artificial Intelligence, Media
11 points by duxup 185 days ago | 0 comments
British engineering giant Arup revealed as $25M deepfake scam victim (cnn.com)
Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Fraud
126 points by gds44 185 days ago | 102 comments