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Deepfake Obama Introduction of Deepfakes
University of Washington researchers made a deepfake of Obama, followed by Jordan Peele
- Date it happened
- 2017-07-01
- Organisation involved
- University of Washington, FakeApp
- Product, system or model
- FakeApp, which Jordan Peele and Buzzfeed used, creates AI generated material like facial reproductions and movement. University of Washington researchers used neural networks to train the AI on 14 hou
Where this came from
- stuff.co.nz
- fortune.com
- washingtontimes.com
- spectrum.ieee.org
- weforum.org
- siliconrepublic.com
- hothardware.com
- gq.com
- engadget.com
- thesouthafrican.com
- geek.com
- abc.net.au
- singularityhub.com
- dailydot.com
- thenewstack.io
- cnet.com
- blackenterprise.com
- theguardian.com
- siliconangle.com
- sciencealert.com
- computerworld.com.au
- etftrends.com
- wired.co.uk
- qz.com
- thedrum.com
- notebookcheck.net
- digitaltrends.com
- theverge.com
- bbc.com
Attribution
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