Seeing is believing? A global scramble to tackle deepfakes

Washington – Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions -- the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader. Artificial Intelligence is redefining the proverb "seeing is believing," as the deluge of images created out of thin air showing people doing things they have never done and saying things they have never said in real-looking fakes videos proliferates and erodes online trust. This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software. Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites. If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this FAQ.