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Deepfake Detection Challenges

Challenges in detecting deepfakes, including novel generative models and compressed social media posts

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Jan 9, 2026
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What visual signs indicate a deepfake in a YouTube video?

A range of visual cues — inconsistent lighting and shadows, blurred edges and smudged facial regions, mismatched lip and eye behavior, unnatural skin texture or symmetry, and background or reflection ...

Jan 16, 2026
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How have deepfakes been used in medical and health-related scams?

Deepfakes have been weaponized across healthcare to impersonate trusted clinicians, promote unproven products, manipulate medical images and carry out social‑engineering attacks that steal data or pre...

Jan 18, 2026

What forensic signs do experts use to detect deepfakes in medical ads?

Forensic analysts detect deepfakes in medical ads by combining image- and audio-level signal analysis (pixel/texture noise, compression artifacts), biometric and behavioral checks (eye blinks, pupil d...

Jan 7, 2026

How do deepfake detection teams identify synthesized videos of public figures promoting medical treatments?

Deepfake detection teams combine signal-forensic analysis, machine‑learning classifiers, and domain‑specific checks — looking for software artifacts, physiological or physical impossibilities, audio‑v...

Jan 6, 2026

How do deepfake detection tools work and which are available to consumers to analyze suspicious endorsement videos?

Deepfake detection tools combine machine learning, signal analysis and forensic metadata checks to flag manipulated audio and video, and a growing set of commercial and open services are available to ...