MLS210-5: Deepfakes, audiofakes, and the future of media

Deepfakes or AI-generated images have captured the public imagination with examples of image and video manipulation that was the purview of artists and studios until recently. Deepfakes along with their audio analog -- Audiofakes -- have the potential to create an 'information disorder' where there can be an inability to show something real as real and an ability to show something fake as real. In this talk, I will be contextualizing multimedia fakes in the broader misinformation landscape and exploring some state-of-the-art solutions for detecting Deepfakes and Audiofakes.