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Deepfake Tom Cruise TikTok clip is 'worryingly good' sparking AI dystopia fears

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Published date02 March 2021
The videos show what appears to be the Mission Impossible star giving his trademark laugh in front of the camera, but the account user of @deeptomcruise is actually depicting the actor using the AI technology.

In one video, the 58-year-old is seen performing a magic trick to make a coin disappear from his hand.

"I will show you some magic," he says. "It's the real thing."

He then gives away a laugh and continues: "I mean, uh, it's all real."

Another video which amassed 8.7 million views captures "Tom Cruise" practising his golf swing.

He looks into the camera and puts on the sunglasses, saying: "What's up TikTok You guys cool if I play some sports"

Viewers were impressed by the technology but also felt it was "scary".

One said: "These deepfakes are getting worryingly good. How can we trust what we see in TV and camera"

Another added: "This is fascinating and scary at the same time."

The clips led experts to warn that deepfake technology is advancing much faster than most people realise.

The AI-generated fakes are so advanced that essentially anybody can take another person’s face and make them do whatever they want on camera, experts say.

Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley who specialises in the analysis of digital images, says he is convinced that the videos are deepfakes but that they are...

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