Deepfakes are a real danger. How to spot artificial intelligence [Video]

TOLEDO, Ohio — Don’t believe everything you see online. That saying gets more true each day with the advancements in artificial intelligence.

As deepfakes of politicians and celebrities become more common, it can be hard to know if what you’re seeing and hearing is legit, whether it be videos of celebrities, audio of politicians or pictures of weather phenomena.

“We have to be on our toes at all times,” said WTOL 11 Chief Meteorologist Chris Vickers. “I think fake weather pictures go back further than AI.”

Hafiz Malik, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan Dearborn campus, said AI can mix fact and fiction.

“If you look at the imagery, imagery is realistic. There’s no tampering going on there. But the audios are the ones that are manipulated. Some are real, majority are deepfake,” he said.

It can be as simple as …