TECH: AI-generated ‘fake’ videos have just become much easier to create

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TECH: AI-generated ‘fake’ videos have just become much easier to create
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As artificial intelligence technology progresses, it has become far easier for regular uses to not only generate original images in seconds, but also create realistic-looking videos that are hard to tell from the real thing.

lets people turn text prompts into brief, high-quality video clips”. As with art-generating AI, such as Midjourney and DALL-E, a user simply needs to describe a scene using text, and the AI goes to work to create a video of the scene.

“Since Make-A-Video can create content that looks realistic, we add a watermark to all videos we generate. This will help ensure viewers know the video was generated with AI and is not a captured video,” Meta writes. As currently implemented, the “Meta AI” watermark is positioned on the bottom right corner of the videos.

In saying that, Meta arguably hopes to allay fears from members of the public who are concerned that Make-A-Video could make it possible for users to create deep-fake videos with nefarious intentions to spread misinformation about featured subjects. However, another piece of technology, made publicly available just more than a week before Meta’s announcement, has beat the company to the uncanny valley by a mile.

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