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DeepFake Reality (A LIVE DEMO): How Fake Media Affects You
Fake videos of famous people are in the news. Sometimes they are silly, sometimes serious. They raise interesting legal questions. But unless you are an actor or a politician, why should you care? Only people who spend a lot of time in front of cameras can be put in a fake video, right? It is expensive and takes expertise to create a fake video, right? No one is going to create a fake video of you, right? Right?
Sadly, the rich and famous are no longer the only targets of so-called DeepFakes. The technology needed to create them is getting cheaper and easier to access. What does that mean for you? Let's talk about it.
Dr. Siwei Lyu is one of the world's leading experts on DeepFakes. He has testified on this subject before the NY Senate and US House of Representatives. His work on media forensics has been featured in more than 50 media interviews from global media venues including CNN, BBC, and Wired Magazine.
Lyu will demonstrate what can currently be done to create DeepFakes and discuss how to detect them, what to look for, and what things you need to be concerned about in a world where you cannot always trust what you see on video.
The Center for Information Integrity (CII) at the University at Buffalo is rooted in the conviction that accurate information is required for vigorous public debate within a democracy.
CII is devoted to identifying and combatting dis/mis-information using multidisciplinary approaches derived from fields as varied as history, literature, art, media study, information science, psychology, computer science, political science, geography, communication, architecture, law, and biomedical sciences.
