A profile of UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid, the world's leading digital forensics expert for 20+ years, who says he is now struggling to identify deepfakes
The emails began to arrive on a Sunday morning, as the worst ones often did. Hany Farid opened the first message at his home …
New York Times
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@frankpasquale
Frank Pasquale
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“Every time there's a big news event, we are just drowning in slop” — www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...
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Michael Lobel
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In other news, lots of art history in today's NY Times (thread). First up: profile of digital forensics expert Hany Farid, who talks about being profoundly influenced by this Jose Clemente Orozco Dartmouth mural of grotesque, skeletal academics in a burning world www.nytimes.com…
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@brianstelter
Brian Stelter
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“For most of his career, he had been charged with identifying the rare fake in a world of shared truths. But now fakes were the norm and truth was elusive...” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...
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The growing dangers of deep fakes: “These major tech giants will burn everything to the ground as long as they're making a profit. They're not interested in anything that's going to slow them down.” — “This technology is being weaponized against us... The train has left the st…
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The World's Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes
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The World's Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes
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The world's leading deepfake expert declares he can no longer reliably identify deepfakes (gift link)
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Matthew Facciani
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If experts struggle to reliably identify deepfakes, it becomes even more important to teach widespread, up-to-date media and digital literacy skills. — www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...
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Great profile of Hany Farid who recently left Bay Area for Vermont: — “I can't stand this place anymore... These major tech giants will burn everything to the ground as long as they're making a profit.” — www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...