Deepfakes


Opinion

How Blockchains Can Help Solve AI’s Deepfake Problem

AI-generated content creates a huge online disinformation threat. Blockchain can help verify and authenticate that what is being said is true, says William Ogden Moore, Research Analyst at Grayscale Investments.

(Kevin Gonzalez/ Unsplash)

Tech

AI Startup Pilots Digital Masks That Counter Facial Recognition

A Los Angeles startup has created “privacy-preserving face skins” – digital masks or avatars that counter facial recognition software.

(Alethea AI)

Policy

Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization

The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing.

Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk

Tech

Fake News on Steroids: Deepfakes Are Coming – Are World Leaders Prepared?

What 2018 and 2019 were to blockchain and cryptocurrencies on the WEF stage (met with a healthy mix of intrigue and skepticism), 2020 will be to synthetic media, also known by the ominous-sounding euphemism “deepfakes.”

Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk

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