Recently, a video of actress Rashmika Mandanna, in which she enters an elevator, surfaced on the Internet. Nothing appeared to be wrong with the video, but it was later revealed that the video was actually deepfaked. In reality, the original video captured Zara Patel, a British Indian girl, but with the help of deepfake technology, the girl’s face was morphed to insert Rashmika Mandana’s face.
Union Minister for Electronics and Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, responded to the video by giving his comments on platform X, formerly Twitter, saying that deepfakes are the latest and most dangerous form of disinformation. The minister pointed out that there is a need to solve the technology of social media platforms. The minister also spoke about IT rules and legal obligations related to digital fraud.
Deepfake technology has become commonplace these days, and while it’s amazing, it can also be extremely dangerous.
Is it possible to detect deepfake videos? Well, fortunately, yes. Although technological advances have made it difficult to tell a good deepfake video from the original, there are still some tiny signs to pay attention to in order to make a proper assessment.
How to detect deepfake content?
There’s no denying that deepfake videos are hard to spot, but some tiny signs can help a viewer spot what’s genuine and what’s not. Here are the signs to look for to spot deepfake content.
Is there a mismatch in lighting or color
This sounds like common sense. Creating a fake video with the help of technology may have become easier today, but fortunately, deepfakes still face some difficulties in matching the right color tones and lighting. It is an opportunity for the viewer to determine whether the content they are viewing is real or fake. Simply put, deepfake videos may show some inconsistencies in color as well as lighting. For example, a deepfake video may have an inconsistency in the background lighting and that which falls on the subject’s face.
Look into the eyes
As smart as technology gets, some natural eye movements cannot be accurately faked, at least not yet. A deepfake video, however real it may appear, may contain unnatural gaze patterns. The human brain allows for natural and smooth eye movements of a person that coordinate well with their actions and speech, and this natural essence can be seen in real video, and may be missing in deepfake.
Does the movement or shape of your body seem strange to you?
If you look carefully, a lie can be detected through body movements. Sometimes, deepfake videos can show unnatural movements or body shapes. For example, if a normal subject’s hands seem odd, uncoordinated, or simply do not match the size of the body or head, you can assume that a deepfake has been created.
The sound quality says it all
A deepfake video usually contains audio generated by artificial intelligence. This AI-generated sound can be more easily tracked through keen observation.
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Source: HIS Education