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Video Deepfakes Now Pulse With Lifelike Heartbeats

The arms race between deepfake creators and detectors has reached a critical turning point. Researchers have discovered that modern deepfakes can now replicate something previously thought impossible: a realistic human heartbeat. Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute and Humboldt University of Berlin found that current deepfake videos inadvertently mimic the subtle skin color fluctuations caused by … Read more

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