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It wasn’t so long ago that spotting a fake AI image was child’s play. Early deepfakes looked like someone had let a toddler loose with Photoshop, faces drifting about like they’d had one too many at the pub, and AI voices sounded as if your satnav had taken up a side hustle in crime. The giveaways were everywhere: hands with an extra finger or two, text that turned into alphabet soup, lips moving to their own soundtrack. We had a good chuckle at the glitches and felt rather smug, convinced our trusty eyes and ears would always sniff out the difference between real and synthetic.
That confidence, as it turns out, has not aged like a fine wine. These days, AI-generated videos can pull off the tiniest muscle twitches, clone a voice from a few seconds of audio, and churn out images so convincing that even professional photographers are left scratching their heads. What once needed a Hollywood studio and a suitcase full of cash now just needs a laptop and a bit of spare time. Which leaves us with a rather pressing question: what on earth do we do in a world where seeing is no longer believing?
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