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Detecting 'deepfake' videos in the blink of an eye

  • Written by Siwei Lyu, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Director, Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lab, University at Albany, State University of New York
Detecting 'deepfake' videos in the blink of an eyeIt's actually very hard to find photos of people with their eyes closed.Bulin/Shutterstock.com

A new form of misinformation is poised to spread through online communities as the 2018 midterm election campaigns heat up. Called “deepfakes” after the pseudonymous online account that popularized the technique – which may have chosen...

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