These are AI-generated fake videos, images and audio which make it look as if someone said or did something they did not.
They are becoming increasilngly realistic and dangerously convincing.
Spotting Visual and Audio Deepfakes
- Watch for facial glitches: Look for unnatural blinking, jerky or uncoordinated eye movements, fuzzy edges around the head, or lips that do not sync properly with the audio.
- Listen for audio red flags: Be suspicious of overly robotic tones, strange emotional mismatches, or awkward pacing in voice calls. [1]
- Never trust a voice alone: If a family member or coworker calls claiming to be in an emergency or asking for money, hang up and call them back on a known, trusted number.
- Agree on a family safe word: Establish a secret phrase or question that only your close family or inner circle knows, which an AI cannot guess from public data.