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You can't spot a deepfake anymore

You can't spot a deepfake anymore

Update: 2026-04-07
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Seven fingers? Extra teeth? Those tells are gone.


New research from UC Berkeley confirms we've crossed what they call the "Indistinguishable Threshold," the point where AI-generated faces have become so realistic that people perform no better than a coin flip when trying to distinguish them from real photos.


That's why I sat down with Dr. Hany Farid, digital forensics professor at UC Berkeley and the person many call "The Deepfake Detective," to talk about what this means for trust, elections, and the spread of misinformation in a world where seeing is no longer believing.

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You can't spot a deepfake anymore

You can't spot a deepfake anymore

Kim Komando