The rise of deepfakes is pretty terrifying. Sure, there have been a few that have amused the internet in recent weeks, like this deepfake of Bill Hader doing an impression of Tom Cruise. But as the technology behind them goes from strength to strength, so too will their ability to disseminate disinformation.
Jimmy Kimmel explored the topic of deepfakes and gave us an idea of just how disturbing they can be. "Another threat to the election are what they call deepfake videos," said Kimmel. "They take clips and they manipulate them to make them look as if someone did or said something they did not do."
The deepfake that Kimmel and his team likely made showed Trump as RuPaul and Pence as drag queen Brooke Lynn Hytes.
In the name of all that is holy, please sashay away.
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