{"id":469885,"date":"2022-06-30T22:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T19:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ukrainian-who-de-aged-luke-skywalker-on-deepfake-disinformation\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T22:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T19:23:06","slug":"ukrainian-who-de-aged-luke-skywalker-on-deepfake-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-who-de-aged-luke-skywalker-on-deepfake-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ukrainian who de-aged Luke Skywalker on deepfake disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf2ae5bfcc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf2ae5bfcc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-who-de-aged-luke-skywalker-on-deepfake-disinformation\/#%E2%80%9CUkrainian_who_de-aged_Luke_Skywalker_on_deepfake_disinformation%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ukrainian who de-aged Luke Skywalker on deepfake disinformation&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-who-de-aged-luke-skywalker-on-deepfake-disinformation\/#Greetings_humanoids\" >Greetings, humanoids<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-who-de-aged-luke-skywalker-on-deepfake-disinformation\/#Editing_reality\" >Editing reality<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-who-de-aged-luke-skywalker-on-deepfake-disinformation\/#Voicing_complaints\" >Voicing complaints<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUkrainian_who_de-aged_Luke_Skywalker_on_deepfake_disinformation%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ukrainian who de-aged Luke Skywalker on deepfake disinformation&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            AI has become adept at recreating, altering, and restoring human speech. But as the replicas become indistinguishable from the real, fears about the tech are growing.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Serdiuk has a unique understanding of both the opportunities and threats.<\/p>\n<p>As the co-founder and CEO of AI startup\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=glwgybvxk-0&amp;t=47s\">Respeecher<\/a>, Serdiuk\u00a0has won an Emmy for creating <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.respeecher.com\/case-studies\/respeecher-makes-nixon-moon-landing-disaster-speech-reality?hsLang=en\">a deepfake Richard Nixon<\/a>, developed voice clones\u00a0for speech disabilities, and de-aged Mark Hamill\u2019s vocal cords for <em>The <\/em><em>Mandalorian<\/em><span><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper neural channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads.tnw\/uploads\/neural-newsletter_header-1.gif\"\/><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/src=\" https:=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<h2 class=\"channel-cta-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Greetings_humanoids\"><\/span>Greetings, humanoids<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter now for a weekly recap of our favorite AI stories in your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yet Serdiuk has also seen synthetic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> at its worst. The CEO and his company are based in Ukraine, which has been the target of deepfake disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>In March, a manipulated video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky circulated on social media. The clip showed a digitally-rendered Zelensky telling soldiers<span>\u00a0to surrender to Russia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The impact, however, was minimal.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis deepfake was done so poorly \u2014 like many things that Russians do \u2014 so it wasn\u2019t convincing,\u201d Seriduk tells TNW. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd our nation is smart. We have a belief in what\u2019s going on in our government, and if someone says that our president gave up, most of the people would check those facts \u2014 especially because the deepfake was so bad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Zelensky deepfake is so bad it won&#8217;t convince any Ukrainians to &#8220;lay down their arms.&#8221; But enough of these could spread doubt about the authenticity of real videos in the future <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DZ7IuYsPoT\">https:\/\/t.co\/DZ7IuYsPoT<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MGNxvyw8GE\">pic.twitter.com\/MGNxvyw8GE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASLuhn\/status\/1504365907803525120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nonetheless, the clip demonstrated synthetic media\u2019s potential to make us question what we see \u2014 and hear.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, fake sounds can be more convincing than fake sights.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Editing_reality\"><\/span>Editing reality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seriduk believes synthetic voices can avoid the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/what-is-the-uncanny-valley\">uncanny valley<\/a> more smoothly than artificial visuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He adds that this realism can benefit society. Respeecher, for instance, has developed <span>voice replacement tech <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.respeecher.com\/case-studies\/respeecher-helps-patients-speech-disabilities-recover-voice?hsLang=en\">for people who have undergone a laryngectomy<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>In trials, the system created a natural-sounding voice while preserving the user\u2019s articulation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sonantic, an AI startup, produced another powerful example.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OSMue60Gg6s\">recreated Val\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Kilmer<\/span>\u2018s voice<\/a> after throat cancer treatment left the actor unable to<span> speak clearly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/OSMue60Gg6s\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sonantic CEO Zeena Qureshi said the project showed the altruistic potential of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI spent nine years helping children with autism learn how to use their voice as a better instrument for communication,\u201d she recalled in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sonantic.io\/blog\/helping-actor-val-kilmer-reclaim-his-voice\">a statement<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe project with Val demonstrated again how empowering it can be when people overcome challenges with speaking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, other uses of speech synthesis have caused concern.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Voicing_complaints\"><\/span>Voicing complaints<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2021, a documentary about Anthony Bourdain sparked a heated debate about deepfakes.<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/annals-of-gastronomy\/the-haunting-afterlife-of-anthony-bourdain\">an interview<\/a>, director <span>Morgan Neville revealed that AI had recreated the late chef\u2019s voice in the film. The synthetic dialogue was comprised of words Bourdain<\/span> had written but never said.<\/p>\n<p>Critics felt the move was duplicitous and lacked consent from Bourdain \u2014 who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2018\/06\/what-anthony-bourdain-understood-about-authenticity\/562448\/\">was famously obsessed with authenticity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neville later said he\u2019d received approval from Bourdain\u2019s next of kin. But Ottavia Bourdain, the chef\u2019s widow, disputed this claim.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI certainly was NOT the one who said Tony would have been cool with that,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OttaviaBourdain\/status\/1415889455005716485\" data-component=\"externalLink\">she said in tweet<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I certainly was NOT the one who said Tony would have been cool with that. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CypDvc1sBP\">https:\/\/t.co\/CypDvc1sBP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ottavia (@OttaviaBourdain) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OttaviaBourdain\/status\/1415889455005716485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Serdiuk says Respeecher wouldn\u2019t permit such work.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.respeecher.com\/ethics\">ethics statement<\/a> prohibits deceptive uses of <span>synthetic speech. The company has further pledged to never use the voice of a private person or actor without permission. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In \u201ca handful\u201d of cases, however, the voices of historical figures have been used to show the tech\u2019s potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Respeecher is also developing two technical defenses: a synthetic speech detector and audio watermarking.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, voice cloning will remain another tool that we can use for both good and bad. Serdiuk hopes the safeguards stop the harms from overshadowing the benefits.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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