What Happened
Deepfake rumors started after social media users claimed Netanyahu is depicted in this video with six fingers on his right hand (seen left).
Why It Matters
| Image: Israel Government Press Office Social media platforms are currently awash with conspiracy theories claiming that Benjamin Netanyahu has been killed or injured and replaced by AI-generated deepfakes.
Key Details
- Between clips that supposedly show the Israeli Prime Minister sporting extra fingers and drinking from a bottomless, gravity-defying cup of coffee, only one thing is apparent: reality used to be much easier to prove.
- There's very little credible evidence to suggest that Netanyahu isn't alive.
- But credibility is a rare commodity now that AI can convincingly clone real people across image, video, and audio formats, so it's getting tougher to conclusively dispel the rumors.
- This … Read the full story at The Verge.
Background Context
Deepfake rumors started after social media users claimed Netanyahu is depicted in this video with six fingers on his right hand (seen left). | Image: Israel Government Press Office Social media platforms are currently awash with conspiracy theories claiming that Benjamin Netanyahu has been killed or injured and replaced by AI-generated deepfakes. Between clips that supposedly show the Israeli Prime Minister sporting extra fingers and drinking from a bottomless, gravity-defying cup of coffee, only one thing is apparent: reality used to be much easier to prove. There's very little credible evidence to suggest that Netanyahu isn't alive. But credibility is a rare commodity now that AI can convi
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Source: The Verge – Original Link
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