Chapter 1
The giant fakes of history
Chapter 2
When science got it wrong
Chapter 3
Tricks of the mind and eye
Chapter 4
The media's wildest fabrications
Chapter 5
Spotting the fake in the digital age
YOUR GOAL
Master of The great crumble and how falsehoods fall apart
Ch 5 · Spotting the fake in the digital age
007skaty Reverse Image Search
Trace the pixels backwards to find the day they first appeared.
007skaty In late 2017, a Reddit user shared open-source face-swapping videos, coining the term deepfake for technology driven by Generative Adversarial Networks.
007skaty Forensic tools expose digital falsehoods by detecting mismatched JPEG compression levels.
BETA
007skaty Pop the floating lie bubbles to learn how easily any falsehood collapses.
Fun Fact
Competing AIs: Deepfakes are created by two competing artificial intelligences that constantly grade and improve each other's work.
Glossary
deepfake (noun)
An image, video, or audio recording convincingly altered using artificial intelligence to misrepresent someone. In 2024, a Hong Kong employee approved millions in transfers after a video call with deepfakes.
An image, video, or audio recording convincingly altered using artificial intelligence to misrepresent someone. In 2024, a Hong Kong employee approved millions in transfers after a video call with deepfakes.
Quiz
Which AI architecture uses two competing neural networks to generate ultra-realistic deepfakes?
Quiz
How does Error Level Analysis (ELA) help forensic analysts spot a manipulated photo?
Quiz
Which image file format is Error Level Analysis (ELA) specifically designed to analyze?