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Deepfakes make online fraud harder to spot than ever

Original: ⚠️ ICYMI: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of d

A BBC Ideas animation with The Open University explains how deepfakes, voice cloning and other synthetic media have made online fraud far harder to detect than in the era of obviously distorted hands and glitches. The piece lays out practical verification habits people can use to spot manipulated content, and is being shared by science and technology commentators warning that old visual tells no longer work.

Why now: Rapidly improving AI-generated media is making scams more convincing, prompting renewed attention to verification advice.

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• ⚠️ ICYMI: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of distorted hands and obvious # glitches . An animation from # BBC Ideas and The Open University breaks down practical verification habits to help recognize… · tksst@fediscience.org · 8

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