Dubai – Masaader News
A new research comes from cyber-security company Deeptrace. Its researchers found 14,698 deepfake videos online, compared with 7,964 in December 2018, many of that videos about political characters, according to BBC.
The research shows an alarming surge in the creation of so-called deepfake videos, with the number online almost doubling in the last nine months. There is also evidence that production of these videos is becoming a lucrative business.
The report does highlight the potential for the use of deepfake technology to be used in political campaigns. But in the two cases it highlights – in Gabon and Malaysia – the allegations that faked videos had been used turned out to be incorrect.
Deeptrace’s very existence is evidence of how rapidly the deepfake phenomenon has become a concern for corporations and governments.
It describes its mission as protecting “individuals and organisations from the damaging impacts of AI- generated synthetic media”.
Deeptrace found that the four leading deepfake-themed pornography websites, supported by advertising, had attracted 134 million views for their videos since February 2018.
Apps making it possible to create this material are now proliferating.
In any case, it appears that in the short term the real victims of malicious users of deepfake videos will not be governments and corporations but individuals.