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The rise of deepfakes with Adrian Weckler

You may have seen earlier in the week, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan managed to make a call to his Mum using deep-fake audio. And while on the surface this is all quite novel and funny, it belies a much more troubling problem, one that we’ll need to face up to in the months to come. Adrian Weckler, Tech Editor of the Irish and Sunday Independent joins Anton to discuss.

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11.10 11 Mar 2023


The rise of deepfakes with Adrian Weckler


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11.10 11 Mar 2023


You may have seen earlier in the week, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan managed to make a call to his Mum using deep-fake audio. And while on the surface this is all quite novel and funny, it belies a much more troubling problem, one that we’ll need to face up to in the months to come.

Adrian Weckler, Tech Editor of the Irish and Sunday Independent joins Anton to discuss.


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