Deepfakes and AI-generated faces are corroding trust in the web

It may not appear so but Vladimir Bondarenko, a Ukrainian blogger, has a lot in common with Keenan Ramsey, a "growth specialist" at Silicon Valley communications firm RingCentral. Bondarenko is a former aviation engineer with a square jaw, close-cut brown hair and grey eyes who apparently took to writing anti-government screeds after Ukraine's aviation industry "collapsed". Ramsey, with her straight, pearly teeth, brown hair that falls past her shoulders and a flawless complexion, studied at New York University and is a fan of Bill Gates's ex-wife Melinda. Keenan and Vladimir are both fakes: digital faces generated by artificial intelligence software. Facebook discovered -- and eliminated -- the Bondarenko account in February, tracing it to a Russian troll farm.