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Hayden Field @ The Verge · today 08:00 EDT

OpenAI made a TikTok for deepfakes, and it’s getting hard to tell what’s real

On Monday, I watched OpenAI CEO Sam Altman drink from a gigantic mango-flavored juice box and remark aloud about how the box was half his size. The catch: It wasn't really Altman. The juice box wasn't real. He wasn't really talking. It was a deepfake generated by AI. The most concerning part: I couldn't tell […]

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