Fake Obama created using AI video tool - BBC News

Researchers at the University of Washington have produced a photorealistic former US President Barack Obama.
Artificial intelligence was used to precisely model how Mr Obama moves his mouth when he speaks.
Their technique allows them to put any words into their synthetic Barack Obama’s mouth.
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[@oldsouls7469]

As a film student, I think its amazing. As a citizen I am worried

[@piqey]

^

[@Teresahorner]

Louis Moreno you better be worried with all the #occults thats running yhe world

[@queenrhianna6131]

Its all fake. The White House is a tv show.

[@stratoleft]

You should be very worried, because you believe there are people floating above you, up, or out there, someheres, on an international space station.

[@sevenproxies4255]

The film industry is moving towards killing the truth.

[@deadzedcomics]

so, this is supremely worrying.

[@marcmacaluso2795]

Could we uhm.. use this to make Trump sound smarter...

[@glenphillips9068]

Tell Ron Reagan Jr ..he was in a movie called soul man. It's about a guy who pretends to be black in order to get into Harvard. Ron was a ballet dancer like rahm Emmanuel, ex chief of staff.

[@reed9269]

because?

[@MrVidification]

Niki > The video only shows a compilation of sentences (or partial ones) neatly entwined. If single words aren't being joined together to create natural sounding, and non artificial looking completely new sentences he never would say, then it's not quite as impressive or worrying as it seems. Give it a decade for the bots with their 'real' fake news to emerge, that people will find impossible to tell the difference from reality

[@reed9269]

who are you answering?

[@tarkov_gamer9474]

this is scary as hell

[@reed9269]

why?

[@dr1ndrin]

Reed because it can destroy the world

[@dr1ndrin]

I mean it can lead to dangerous acts as in people pretending to be leaders

[@dr1ndrin]

CLIMAX TV were having issues with Russia and North Korea. Someone does that A.I. shit and sends a warning or threat. Then, nuke have a great day U.S

[@yugiyami8642]

Thks looks fake as heck. Open your eyes next time.

[@aimeelitkowski8604]

u cant trust anything these days..i

[@leapsplashafrog]

dawar khan Don't believe half of what you see and None of what you hear Especially today psy ops are very advanced

[@Kube_Dog]

Are you saying this video is fake information?

[@MightyLeviathan]

i dont trust you dude.

[@Kube_Dog]

Are you sure? Maybe he's telling the truth.

[@jryde421]

dawar khan no even a self

[@Moyopheus]

just don't be evil. I see how this can get dangerous.

[@jerrell1169]

Sakio™ BEATZ Fake videos = guns wat?

[@YoUtUbEhAnDlEsArEgReAt]

There's no such thing as evil. Just human action.

[@MAbduser]

It's already got dangerous. Everything you saw on TV since 9/11 was fake. Everything was programmed to serve a purpose. The game is very interesting and they're enjoying it.

[@Teresahorner]

gisforgary your a idiot thts what we do cause ppl wont take your stupid comment to heart and we forgive u

[@Gee-xb7rt]

Teresa Horny Peckerwood If you are going to call people idiots you should at least try to be literate.

[@murphman7448]

I remember a science fiction show about 30 years ago where the president had died, so they reproduced him with this kind technology. And now, here we are.

[@michaelwilliams-owolabi8365]

what’s the show called?

[@murphman7448]

@@michaelwilliams-owolabi8365 It may have been a series or movie. I only recall it was on television . Could have been as far back is the 1980. Do enough googling and you’ll probably find it.

[@richardwicks4190]

They need to work the bugs out of the senile pervert they installed into office.

[@richardwicks4190]

@Van Messner's REAL PAUL McCARTNEY For all we know, Joe Biden is drooling in a retirement home. So - so what if Kim Jong-un were dead? What does it matter? ALL political systems are run by a GROUP, there's no absolute leader regardless of whether it's a dictatorship or a true democratic republic. The "leader" is just the lightning rod, the person to blame. They have some SWAY in what goes on, but they don't have absolute power.

[@killamatrix1]

Back 2 the future lol

[@rbush431]

Man the saying "believe none of what you hear half of what you see" comes to mind when I see this.

[@The_Reality_Filter]

That was Richard D Hall's catchphrase until he got censored and banned from KZbin

[@ryanm7263]

"Like all technology, it can be used for a negative purpose." What positive purpose could this technology possibly have?

[@haZhPlay]

movies of course. bye bye actors.

[@Fuar11]

Video editing? Film production? Everyone is so negative.

[@CloisteredExplorer]

Movies.

[@junwu3373]

with this technology, Hawkin can speak out with his own voice!. So far, this technology is not for public use

[@nickoyfc5]

Jun Wu you do realise that he died the other week

[@whatdidujustsay2094]

Crazy. I already knew this was already happening but to see it up front like this is scary.

[@Hotline157]

Crazy? i was crazy once

[@imjay9084]

Lol 😂😂

[@hashemsy3951]

Welcome to the posttruth era

[@MrsNunswife]

Whats posttruth mean?

[@FruitShake]

@@MrsNunswife It's the mean truth send through post.

[@hadrionics2755]

2017: This technology will be used extremely maliciously 2020 *D A M E D A N E*

[@sarov7658]

2023:welcome to ai art and chatgp

[@deniseward002]

Only if we remain on this money system. Isn't it funny that with all the developments we're still using the same money system and the same political system that we've used for centuries. They've lagged behind, remnants of a time even before electricity, yet this is what our culture still goes by. Totally irrelevant to the digital age.

[@lorenzofortunati]

"Every technology can be used for bad". After thousands of years we still haven't developed a little wisdom on this topic

[@vermilisix]

We have but corrupt people will do it anyway to gain/secure power

[@deniseward002]

It's all because of the money system - money drives motives. We have to decouple from the money system. It's going to decouple from us soon anyway. We should do it first. Like a chess game.

[@SeptMG7]

True, money makes wisdom disappear for most of them. 1 of the solutions is getting self sufficient or consuming less or no products from the unethical companies, stop consumption, their purpose (profit no matter the human/planet costs) disappear too, we consumers have way more power than we imagine

[@deniseward002]

​@@SeptMG7 Exactly the power of boycott is not being used by the people. So the people just keep taking it in the rectum and the reamers stay happy.

[@barbaradu75]

GELD reGIERt die WE🌐LT

[@vera_nika2]

This is creepy AF

[@bruceli9094]

Videoshop: putting words in my mouth since 2019

[@bitcoinearner8213]

The most worrying now is anyone can simply create a video of you saying something against the government or an individual that will destroy your identity and lock you up in prison....

[@michellepadilla7254]

Informational warfare

[@mraltaccount9603]

Glad I ain't showing my face on the internet sucks to be others that showed thier face LOL

[@-Vitalis-]

@@mraltaccount9603 Exactly.

[@mrjohny2993]

But no such software is available in iTunes or Android or for Windows... Then why worry ??

[@BudderB0y2222]

Mr Yellow The technology exists, it’s only a matter of time before it’s consumerized

[@simoncarlile5190]

Oh boy, nothing terrifying about this.

[@chrismoltisanti2763]

"People will use it for negative reasons, we should work to make sure that never happens""". Reeeaaallly ......like that has ever worked. I honestly think it never has worked ever.

[@matt815]

Now, it has begun.

[@Marylandbrony]

People in 2017: A.I voices of politicians will be used to manipulate the public into misinformation People in 2023: A.I voices of politicians are being used to create memes and funny videos of Presidents doing normal activities.

[@ortholad853]

Friggin' Skynet....

[@jackiecartwright9343]

This was 6 years ago, gotten only better sonce then!

[@dabluedevil1000]

The development of tech has gone too far. This is scary stuff. Most importantly, this is violation of privacy.

[@dantenewyork7380]

anyone know of a similar product that has commercial applications? need to get camera shy clients on screen or even just voice...but most of the text to voice solutions still suc.

[@leartisted3903]

That is extremely scary.

[@allykins1767]

You're damn right this is worrying! If we could do this with a certain current president, there's no telling what kind of mayhem can come about!

[@hottakebabe3842]

Scary.

[@brenttaylordotus]

The time to stop staring at screens for information was 10 years ago.

[@biller2000]

I knew this was coming from 25 years ago. Now it is here. You can no longer trust live video feed and/or stock footage video.

[@dwightlollar7661]

“Once you have created something you can reverse engineer “, Well said

[@Maki-00]

They did this on the Max Headroom show in the 80s. Predictive programming!

[@new-knowledge8040]

1:00 WOW, she looked so real ! But the voice/mouth timing was a bit off sync.

[@ABirdOnTheMoon]

This should be illegal. I have no idea why people can do that!

[@1onenoone1]

Photoshop should be illegal too then ? Damn these comments annoy me so much ...

[@Marconel100]

@@1onenoone1 Photoshop is detectable, soon video evidence will be a thing of the past.

[@ruineka_one]

Illegal or not bad people and governments (anything led by greed really) will still use this.

[@stratoleft]

Nasa does it. Nasa has ALWAYS DONE IT. You didn't object to that.

[@mraltaccount9603]

@@1onenoone1 So your saying it's ok to Put some innocents persons face on the a criminal to frame Then the innocent person goes to Jail While the person who did it walks free Hmmm Ok I'll use deep fake and put your face on a criminal to make it look like you did the crime You got to jail I walk free Does this still sound "legal" to you?

[@BlitzIn4]

How do you determine real vs. edited videos?

[@robertbogert8257]

I’m betting this technology has already been used and we just didn’t notice

[@amir123786]

As someone who worked with assange. I can confirm this was used and has been used for decades.

[@DT__1]

…best fact is that when people say they are working to prevent something from happening for some unknown reasons it means we just need to wait until the wrong door will open and something bad happens

[@thathardrockguy]

This is one of those things where the good most definitely does not out weigh the bad (at the present time)

[@snoopysnoops007]

Seems quite reckless to create the tool, suggest a solution for identifying videos made using the tool, but then not actually create the solution...

[@magd6779]

Genuinely terrifying technology!

[@dotnb]

This is frightening

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

LMAO The Onion News Network always manages to make me laug- ... Wait, this is for real?

[@hermanwooster8944]

6 years later and we're miles ahead of this.

[@The_Reality_Filter]

They were miles ahead of that 6 years ago, now we have to assume they can "create" identical duplicates and not just on TV.

[@Miss.information_Lover]

Holy s*** and this was five years ago

[@mrjohny2993]

Is any such software available in play store ??

[@artofwarandpeace9126]

The smart t.v. could have the capability of" decoding" the layers of a masked image. It simply needs programing to do so.

[@BisharpnearOhio]

Good thing that most ppl use this AI to make Obama play video games now

[@deannadeanna6354]

Jfk Jr just tweeted this video. Hold on to your hats!!

[@maxunodecobre]

Amazing and worrying xD Anyone knows the song theme? I like it very much.

[@jamoflys]

So, it's like Total Recall.

[@Okarkar]

He who figures out how to use this for porn shall become the first Trillionaire :P

[@GG1783]

The Awesome Man it has already been done and Twitter has banned it

[@johnnygreenface4195]

thanks jk now, when you say proof...

[@EthanBradburyVlogs]

You arent becoming a trillionaire through that

[@z.deutch1334]

Already been done. There are fake celebrity versions of it on porn sites already

[@nyx6937]

Yes, because porn's the one genre where dialogues are essential lol

[@theroyalmemes8611]

It's like animoji and Ar emoji.

[@azmanabdula]

You were so concerned about whether or not you could do it, you forgot to think should you be doing it

[@Chrisfragger1]

This should scare the HELL out of anyone who sees it.

[@johnmiranda2307]

How many years has the US intelligence community had this technology?

[@liquidphilosopher1816]

John Miranda since bin laden operation

[@inkoalawetrust]

10-15 years at maximum

[@ILLRICARDO]

Great.... Now people can use this as an alibi, to escape from the shit storm caused by their actions.

[@BogusBozo]

Where's the app to this?

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

Nuclear bombs were scary once. It must have been hard to think of something scarier than the hydrogen bomb 40 years ago. Now we found something much, much, much more frightening.

[@LEELOLKH]

So videos evidence make no sense now

[@AverageTouhou]

Hi

[@Anton_mff]

Yupp

[@toiletgoblin4424]

Are you implying he was real in the first place

[@waughy9103]

This is not going to end well.

[@ganf]

is there a way to access this program?

[@TheNeverposts]

Illuminati confirmed

[@littlewhitebutterflies4586]

"All technology can be used in negative ways. We should all try to work towards making sure that's not going to happen." Name one time in history it has NOT happened lmao. It's gonna happen

[@deniseward002]

I found that to be so flippant of the woman - she doesn't even give some idea of how that will happen. She did say at the end that more technology will be made to check fake videos.

[@Casey-yb6be]

This is low key mildly terrifying

[@another90daystochangethis34]

You can tell by the smooth graphic movement of the fake compared to the natural movement of recorded video.

[@TheBmonster1]

Imagine If this was used against trump to make him seem worse than he is I have spoken with a few who met him and he is straightforward and gentleman all at the same time

[@zeeb7242]

Mr. Supasorn Suwajanakorn....what the hell did you made...can't you make something that helps entire world than this...crazy fool

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

Zee B Well you can program high profile people quoting the Bible, or spreading good news, just as easily as programing them to say stupid stuff. Isn't it? But people are afraid, negative, depressed, and always in anxiety, so that's what all the paranoia is about. People have lost faith in God. They rather talk about dog.

[@llefty]

Supersoul survival it doesn’t matter whether fake videos are “bad” or “good”. At best, it is unethical and a breach of privacy to use someone’s image and make them look like they said something they didn’t.

[@ChrisDodges123]

The words looked off anyway. I could tell it was off

[@fquint6468]

Wow this is crazy

[@swisschoklate736]

y’all surprised huh? wait till you get the news on what’s happened to both him and his husband/ wife

[@Roman-eq2to]

Ok so wat happened

[@Roman-eq2to]

Execution?

[@TheSongMachines]

Swiss Choklate Was looking into the same thing!! Wow

[@MISSICSART]

Yep they gone

[@arumaru3433]

What?

[@hyouzanren1846]

CIA will LOVE this with a passionate!

[@savagepanda8458]

This is starting to get scary.

[@extrastype]

SCARY ! Anyone with a grudge against someone can destroy that person with CGI film.. And it happens a lot !

[@surajtomar4870]

gone too far.

[@muhammadukasha9635]

How can one use this positively?!

[@leapsplashafrog]

Muhammad Ukasha See your prison ? Learn how to break free?

[@MrVidification]

determining fake video evidence in a court perhaps. it's more about research, if everyone has similar technology in the home or used by governments one day, then the more everyone understands it, the more we will be able to pinpoint what is real and not

[@x-fun3149]

Porn

[@timminh468]

Muhammad Ukasha , make a video of your crush saying “I love you too”

[@ml8018]

Muhammad Ukasha dubbing movies, animation, allowing people with disabilities to talk

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

And once it's known how to reverse engineer them, you can use that info to find ways to counteract their attempts to detect your fakes.

[@mikadodrrr9720]

Scary AF

[@piyapoltientanyakit5912]

You better reverse engineer that shit lol. Why is this even a thing what's the point of creating it?

[@FruitShake]

Humans are curious creatures. The drive to create new things often overlaps the knowledge that such tools are potentially catastrophic It's also really cool to be abled to say: "Hey, I just invented something that can make anyone say anything, without them even being here!"

[@gregsucharew9693]

i love how they try justifying it.

[@lokanoda]

Yes, it's total bla bla, that justification. I don't even know what their target audience is for this technology.

[@ayan1875]

@@lokanoda Memes.

[@elmmont8562]

"Every technology can be used in a negative way and so we should all work towards making sure it doesn't blow up over Japan."

[@t0tally.epikchannel]

This is a very scary subject and everyone should start safe

[@ThinkLascivious]

In 5 years we won't be able to identify real vs fake content. Very scary.

[@Csibe_Hapsi]

Or are we?

[@Lechgang]

For all those who are terrified of this technology, it's most prominent use is not making Obama say heinous things, but rather making him sing a song from a video game.

[@princetchalla2441]

Thank god a majority of humans are goofballs and not malicious psychos.

[@MonsieurBig]

You mean.... the chaos emeralds?

[@mobetter25]

This statement didn't age well.

[@user-st5xg3ll4h]

Scary!!

[@AC_4643]

aye yo its that guy from the tier list and Minecraft videos

[@mertellabrown6785]

now they can use Trump to actually talk some things that make sense.

[@pilsnrimgaard2507]

Yeah, like "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it" yeah like that???

[@captainchaos7862]

Yep, or like......."Not a Smidgen" of corruption.......

[@JohnnySplendid]

Donnie literally doesn't understand the difference between health insurance and health care...

[@Bill-zp2mt]

You get what you deserve, he is just a representation of the American psyche.

[@kvm1992]

Honesty don't need a filter.

[@JMWxx]

If they, or someone else, made a version for Trump and (for example) declared war... That would be really bad! It could start WW3! So her saying “Well yes any thing can be used in negative ways” is a BIG understatement!

[@technologyproductions-ye3px]

Someone will

[@lokanoda]

She says that everything can be used for negative purposes. Ok, yes, I agree. But what is the positive purpose of this technology? What good could it do? I can't think of a worthwhile terrain to apply this to. Any ideas?

[@lokanoda]

And I can't even see a worthwhile application in the film industry. Not every film wants to depict a historical figure.

[@DT__1]

Thanks now I noticed how to spot the difference it’s very easy actually can’t say how AI will read this…

[@joeb6544]

Obama's legacy.......making Jimmy Carter look AMAZING!!!!

[@nerdbot37]

It's adorable when a technologist tells us, with a giddy smile on their face, how exciting their terrifying new tech is. :-\ Nice of her to acknowledge that "every technology can be used in some negative way," preemptively defending technology she helped develop that will, with absolute certainty, be used in a negative way. It does not solve an existing problem and seems engineered only to create deception and mistrust.

[@Plausiblelove]

she is not american

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

Of course it solves existing problems. Have you never seen a movie before?

[@joycequillen4080]

So disturbing

[@MrSolPow]

0:40 "WHERE! IS! MY! SUIT!"

[@victorjohnson7512]

What difference does it make, every word Obama uttered came from his sith master "Darth Soros"

[@jamesgrey785]

They used this tool to model JFK's head when it exploded

[@leapsplashafrog]

James Grey No he was killed as an example he wanted to leave the petro dollR and end the private Swiss banking cartel Like bobby, Caesar, Gaddafi, Hitler, hussein, Lincoln, Gandhi, they all wanted to end the fiat usary system. Andrew Jackson the only one. Who managed it for a few years - they tried to kill him too but failed. he did it the best pres ever- no us debt !!). Learn some of this history it will squeegee your eyes.

[@jamesgrey785]

No way mate the JFK hoax was part of Project Camelot. Attacking the public morale with fake news. They used the AI modelling tool to simulate the exploding head

[@inkoalawetrust]

Yes they could do this back when the TRANSISTOR WASNT EVEN INVENTED

[@obaidullahsujon6122]

Bad time starts for Film Actors & Actress. 😂

[@Jake-jm3up]

Anybody else see the video of "Obama" glitching out on TV at the "inauguration"?

[@gamerguypvppvp7347]

nagative uses far outweigh positive usecases, but you cant stop technology

[@robertfarquhar2780]

unless they take a video of a fake video and then there's no way to determine if the video is fake or not.

[@JuneRochelle]

This is some scary stuff...

[@84tubbs18]

Just notice how fastest Cheeks pop in-and-out of place the detail is not gradual Those are signs of the fix movements of a computer