Watch CITED Advisor Hany Farid, digital forensics expert, break down political deepfakes
AI-generated political content has already wreaked havoc and tilted elections. Here’s how to spot it.
Every day someone asks Hany Farid, a UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer science and in the School of Information, to review images, audio and videos to determine if they are real or fake. As one of the world’s leading experts on digital manipulation and misinformation, his views and verification skills are in high demand. With elections being held around the globe this year, including the presidential election in the United States, he’s been especially busy using digital forensic tools to verify or debunk political misinformation as it spreads in real time.