Siwei Lyu Consulted about Deepfakes from "Historical" to Breaking News
Creating inauthentic images is becoming ever easier, and Siwei Lyu, SUNY Distinguished Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, and his are experts at detecting them.
It is no wonder that Lyu was one of the experts consulted by Scripps News for their recent article, “.”
"All the netizens on social media also have a role to play," Lyu said. "We do not know how to handle, how to deal, with these kinds of problems. It's very new.…The media, the government, can play a very active role to improve user awareness and education. Especially for vulnerable groups like seniors, the kids, who will start to understand the social media world and start to become exposed to AI technologies. They can easily fall for AI magic or start using AI without knowing the limits.
To help in this effort, Lyu’s team has created a tool to help spot deepfakes called
Lyu has recently been consulted about two examples of deepfakes in the news that illustrate different ways this technology can cause confusion. In November, Reuters contacted Lyu to confirm that an image circulating online purporting to show an was actually generated by AI. In a more serious case, Lyu was consulted by USA Today about an altered image used to .
