Using AI to Combat Deepfakes and Fake News

AI is constantly in the news these days, identifying prospects for the technology doing both good and bad. One topic that's generating a lot of buzz is the use of AI for creating "deepfakes," a term originally coined in 2017. Deepfakes uses neural networks to combine and superimpose existing images and videos onto source images or videos using a deep learning technique known as generative adversarial networks (GANs). Three of the most common deepfakes techniques are known as "lip-sync," "face swap," and "puppet-master." These techniques, however, can create a disconnect that may be uncovered by a clever algorithm as a way to combat deepfakes.