For the last 30 years or so, children have been told not to believe everything they find online, but we may need to now extend this lesson to adults.
That’s because we are in the midst of a so-called ‘deepfake’ phenomenon, where artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being used to manipulate videos and audio in a way that replicates real life.
To help set an example of transparency, the world’s first ‘certified’ deepfake video has been released by AI studio Revel.ai.
This appears to shows Nina Schick, a professional AI adviser, delivering a warning about how ‘the lines between real and fiction are becoming blurred’.
Of course, it is not really her, and the video has been cryptographically signed by digital authenticity company Truepic, declaring it contains AI-generated content.