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When seeing is no longer believing

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Deepfakes are a new dimension of the fake news problem. The criminal misuse of this technology poses far-reaching challenges and can threaten national security. Technological and governance solutions are needed to address this.

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Beridze, I., Butcher, J. When seeing is no longer believing. Nat Mach Intell 1, 332–334 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-019-0085-5

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