"Exposing Deepfake Imagery"
Deepfakes, or images and videos created or altered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), are becoming increasingly sophisticated, causing widespread concern among scientists, journalists, and government officials. Rushit Dave, a computer scientist at Minnesota State University, Mankato, emphasizes that the threat of deepfakes goes beyond spreading fake videos. Attackers could create believable images of people that could deceive facial recognition systems and grant them access to people's cell phones and, ultimately, their private data. Dave calls on security experts to develop generalizable detection systems that can be installed on every phone to identify fake images. This article continues to discuss the concept of deepfakes, the potential impact of deepfakes on security, and efforts to create or improve upon deepfake detectors.