Project Description
This paper will review the major aspects of deepfake audio and video technology. First, it will provide an in-depth explanation of how deepfakes are created using artificial intelligence. Second, the paper will focus on key applications of deepfakes: on social media, in politics and Hollywood, in art, and in the healthcare industry. As the number of deepfakes online continues to grow, the number of advantages and disadvantages of the technology also increases. The last sections of the paper will explain the laws surrounding deepfakes in the United States and how a media consumer can detect deepfake content. This paper concludes that the current utilizations of deepfakes are more harmful to society than beneficial and the technology of deepfake audio and video will continue to improve.
Name of Student
Olivia Cabrera
Major
Media Management
Minors
Motion Pictures and Marketing Minors
