Machine Learning Researchers Spot Deep Fakes From Heartbeats

"Anatomical actions such as heartbeat, blood flow, or breathing, create subtle changes that are not visible to the eye but still detectable computationally." A mere suspicion of doctored video can topple governments. It happened in Gabon, when the President recorded a video message that was awkwardly shot. The inconsistency was mistaken for being a product of deep fake and that led to a coup as the opposition assumed the death of the President. Though AI-generated imagery has great potential, malicious usage is equally as damning.