A video challenges the internet to see if they can determine which actress is real and which is the AI-generated deepfake – and many were left puzzled because the fake “looks pretty convincing”.
The short excerpt shared on Twitter, features Elizabeth Olsen on one side and Scarlett Johansson on the other, and both speak and move exactly the same and have the same haircut.
Many Twitter users are amazed at how real the two videos are, but some have been able to figure out who the fake actress is – and it’s Scarlet Johannsson.
Where the bangs fall across her face looks glitch, making it look like she has a double eyebrow and some of the shadows aren’t falling in the right places.
While it’s unclear how the deepfake was created, it appears the individual designed Johannsson to look like Olsen – same hair, makeup, and clothes.
Either way, users are stunned at how real the deepfake looks and are terrified of “what the future will bring.”
Video showing Elizabeth Olsen on one side and Scarlett Johansson on the other challenges the internet if they can tell the difference between the real actress and the AI-generated deepfake
The short clip shows Olsen and Johansson talking as if giving an interview, saying the same words with the same facial expressions, reports Daily Star.
At a quick glance, the two are almost twins, but some Twitter users have been studying the videos to find out the deepfake tricks.
In addition to the double eyebrow, users spotted lighting issues on Johannsson’s face and the way his neck puffs out when he speaks.
And while flaws were spotted, users said the deepfake still looks “pretty convincing”.
The two actresses have the same hairstyle, the same makeup and the same clothes in the short video
The short clip shows Olsen and Johansson speaking as if giving an interview, saying the same words with the same facial expressions
Many Twitter users are amazed at how real the two videos are, but some have been able to figure out who the fake actress is – and it’s Scarlet Johannsson
Deepfakes were invented in 2014 by Ian Goodfellow, who was the director of machine learning at Apple’s Special Projects Group and a leader in the field.
The word comes from the collaboration of the terms “deep learning” and “fake”, and is a form of artificial intelligence.
The system studies a target person in images and video, allowing it to capture multiple angles and mimic their behavior and speech patterns.
The technology caught the eye during election season as many developers feared using it to undermine the reputation of political candidates.
However, some creators do not use technology for evil and only to entertain people.
Where the bangs fall on her face looks glitch making it look like she has a double eyebrow and some of the shadows don’t fall in the right places
However, some Twitter users thought Olsen was the fake and Johansson was the real actress.
In addition to the double eyebrow, users spotted lighting issues on Johannsson’s face and the way his neck puffs out when he speaks.
For example, in March 2021, a TikTok account shared clips of Tom Cruise, who was shown performing a magic trick, playing golf and reminiscing about the time he met the former president of Soviet Union.
The deepfakes look a lot like the start of Mission Impossible, from his big smile to his misaligned front tooth — and it even sounds like Cruise speaking.
A video shared on the deepfake account shows Cruise wearing a festive Hawaiian shirt kneeling in front of the camera.
He shows a coin and in one case makes it disappear – as if by magic.
“I want to show you some magic,” the impostor said holding the coin.
“It’s the real thing, I mean it’s all real,” Cruise says, waving his hand in his face as if to hint at the idea that he’s not really the popular star.
The other clip shows Cruise walking into a clothing store where he stumbles, turns around and jumps to his feet to tell the TikTok world a joke about the time he met former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Tom Cruise’s deepfakes may have the world laughing, but the tech is scaring the pundits.
Prominent expert Henry Ajder told The Times of London: “This technology is not going away, there is also a huge amount of really negative and malicious use cases.”
But other experts praise the work because the fake Cruise mirrors the speech, mannerisms and appearance of the real celebrity.
Another realistic deepfake surfaced last year, showing Tom Cruise multitasking. On the left he does a magic trick and on the right he tells a story to the viewers
Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley who specializes in digital image analysis, told Fortune that even though he knew the clips were deepfakes, they were still “incredibly done.”
Farid may be alone with this opinion, as Rachel Tobac, CEO of online security company SocialProof, tweeted that the videos proved that we had reached a stage of “almost undetectable Deepfakes”.
“Deepfakes will impact public trust, provide cover and plausible deniability for criminals/abusers caught on video or audio, and will (and are) used to manipulate, humiliate and hurt people,” he said. she declared, adding that they had “real world security, political impact, etc. for everyone,” she tweeted.