Synthetic human-like fakes: Difference between revisions

Embedded video 'This AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds' by '2 minute papers', which describes the voice thieving machine by Google Research in NeurIPS 2018
(embedded video w:A Computer Animated Hand, a 1972 short film by w:Edwin Catmull and w:Fred Parke)
(Embedded video 'This AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds' by '2 minute papers', which describes the voice thieving machine by Google Research in NeurIPS 2018)
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= Digital look-alikes =
= Digital look-alikes =


{{#ev:vimeo|16292363|640px|center|''[[w:A Computer Animated Hand|A Computer Animated Hand]]'' is a 1972 short film by [[w:Edwin Catmull|Edwin Catmull]] and [[w:Fred Parke|Fred Parke]]. This was the first time that [[w:computer-generated imagery|computer-generated imagery]] was used in film to animate likenesses of moving human appearance.}}
{{#ev:vimeo|16292363|640px|right|''[[w:A Computer Animated Hand|A Computer Animated Hand]]'' is a 1972 short film by [[w:Edwin Catmull|Edwin Catmull]] and [[w:Fred Parke|Fred Parke]]. This was the first time that [[w:computer-generated imagery|computer-generated imagery]] was used in film to animate likenesses of moving human appearance.}}


== Introduction to digital look-alikes ==
== Introduction to digital look-alikes ==
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= Digital sound-alikes =
= Digital sound-alikes =
[[File:Spectrogram-19thC.png|thumb|right|640px|A [[w:spectrogram|spectrogram]] of a male voice saying 'nineteenth century']]


Living people can defend¹ themselves against digital sound-alike by denying the things the digital sound-alike says if they are presented to the target, but dead people cannot. Digital sound-alikes offer criminals new disinformation attack vectors and wreak havoc on provability.  
Living people can defend¹ themselves against digital sound-alike by denying the things the digital sound-alike says if they are presented to the target, but dead people cannot. Digital sound-alikes offer criminals new disinformation attack vectors and wreak havoc on provability.  


[[File:Spectrogram-19thC.png|thumb|right|640px|A [[w:spectrogram|spectrogram]] of a male voice saying 'nineteenth century']]
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== Timeline of digital sound-alikes ==
== Timeline of digital sound-alikes ==
* In '''2016''' [[w:Adobe Inc.]]'s [[w:Adobe Voco|Voco]], an unreleased prototype, was publicly demonstrated in 2016. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3l4XLZ59iw&t=5s View and listen to Adobe MAX 2016 presentation of Voco])  
* In '''2016''' [[w:Adobe Inc.]]'s [[w:Adobe Voco|Voco]], an unreleased prototype, was publicly demonstrated in 2016. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3l4XLZ59iw&t=5s View and listen to Adobe MAX 2016 presentation of Voco])  


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* As of '''2019''' Symantec research knows of 3 cases where digital sound-alike technology '''has been used for crimes'''.<ref name="WaPo2019">
* As of '''2019''' Symantec research knows of 3 cases where digital sound-alike technology '''has been used for crimes'''.<ref name="WaPo2019">
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/</ref>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/</ref>
{{#ev:youtube|0sR1rU3gLzQ|640px|left|Video 'This AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds' by '2 minute papers' describes the voice thieving machine by Google Research in [[w:NeurIPS|NeurIPS]] 2018.}}


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