Book interview: Deep diving into deepfakes

Abstract

"THE WEAPONISATION of deepfakes against politicians or nation states has become something we're simply going to have to live with," says Michael Grothaus. Author of 'Trust No One', an investigation into the nature, origins and future of the deepfake video. Grothaus thinks that the days of innocent 'face- swapping' for the amusement of the YouTube audience, or even the merging of celebrities into pornographic videos, have dramatically transformed into "a real threat."