DEEPFAKES – A Threat To Facial Recognition Technology

INTRODUCTION

Deepfakes have been notably manipulating videography and photography techniques, and made a name for themselves in the dynamic tech realm of the internet. In simple terms, deepfake technology can flawlessly merge anyone from around the world into a video or photo in which they never took part. Such technology has existed for decades – that's how the late actor Paul Walker was resurrected for Fast & Furious 7! Previously, it used to take an array of experts to seamlessly use this technology and present it to the audience; however, with the new machine learning systems it has become simpler and cheaper to morph videos and images. Some of the most notable examples are when a video of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg went around the internet where he was claiming to control stolen data of its billions of users. Deepfakes also marked its first presence in the Indian elections in February 2020 where a video of Delhi's BJP president criticizing his opponent surfaced