How to make a deepfake? From the memes of Cristina Kirchner and Sergio Massa to the “Fakenews”

Both the recent viral meme of “Cristina Kirchner Hot“like Sergio Massa’s unusual viral meme, among many others of the same size, impact the mood of digital users, and, in more than one person, raises a question: What is a Deepfake? How is it done? Fake news is no longer a novelty, but the technological evolution to develop this type of content is increasing and surprising the digital user.The experience of Orson Welles in his radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds that terrified the audience was a a pioneering fact of disinformation. However, in the midst of the digital age, the use of algorithms can replace what in 1928 was a false sound report with a viral video generated by expert users of the digital world. The era of deep fake has begun.

Cristina Kirchner’s viral: Biscuit

The use of synthetic images, produced by computers, has been applied for some time in fixed images, but is currently being perfected so that the same can be developed in video. The challenge is that the user cannot distinguish a recorded video from a real event, from one originated by algorithms and vectors. The deepfake comes from what is recognized as deep learning, deep knowledge, the main development trend of Artificial Intelligence.

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The viral of Cristina Kirchner with the face of Alberto Fernández

This activity can be developed by individuals or organizations applying various software, the best known being FakeApp. Artificial Intelligence allows you to recreate an image of one face and mask it on another, using an intelligent mask. Although at first it had a comic component, the improvement in the program allowed users to manipulate the actions and speeches of political figures, often maintaining humor, although on other occasions to generate confusion. An example of the latter was a viral speech by Barack Obama insulting Donald Trump in 2018. The Deepfake in times of Fakenews.

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