How will our societies evolve with new technologies? This is the question asked by photographer Nicolas Bigot with this series « The Robot Next Door ». This resident of the côtes d'Armor, France, is passionate about science-fiction films and has been a UI/UX designer for ten years. From his studies years in interface design between man and machine for mobile and computer, Nicolas retains an appeal for fantastical subjects. This series is a combination of all his passions.

Dr Lyu Siwei, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Albany in the United States, spoke exclusively to Daily Star Online about his fears. Lyu spent years working on a programme designed to detect so-called "deep fakes", highly convincing faked video footage where another person's head is edited into another video to make it seem as if they are saying and doing things which they never did. Some videos are so sophisticated they can mimic human facial expressions and movements such as blinking. As deep fake technology has improved, and apps such as FakeApp allow anyone with access to the internet to create believable frauds, it has become harder even for experts like Dr Lyu to detect the fakes.

This past April a new video of Barack Obama surfaced on the Internet. Against a backdrop that included both the American and presidential flags, it looked like many of his previous speeches. Wearing a crisp white shirt and dark suit, Obama faced the camera and punctuated his words with outstretched hands: "President Trump is a total and complete dipshit." Without cracking a smile, he continued. "Now, you see, I would never say these things. The view shifted to a split screen, revealing the actor Jordan Peele. Obama hadn't said anything--it was a real recording of an Obama address blended with Peele's impersonation. Side by side, the message continued as Peele, like a digital ventriloquist, put more words in the former president's mouth. In this era of fake news, the video was a public service announcement produced by BuzzFeed News, showcasing an application of new artificial-intelligence (AI) technology that could do for audio and video what Photoshop has done for digital images: ...

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