{"id":79266,"date":"2025-12-27T00:22:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T05:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=79266"},"modified":"2025-12-27T00:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T05:22:42","slug":"deepfakes-leveled-up-in-2025-heres-whats-coming-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/deepfakes-leveled-up-in-2025-heres-whats-coming-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 \u2013 here\u2019s what\u2019s coming next"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the course of 2025, deepfakes improved dramatically. AI-generated faces, voices and full-body performances that mimic real people increased in quality far beyond what even many experts expected would be the case just a few years ago. They were also increasingly used to deceive people.<\/p>\n

For many everyday scenarios \u2014 especially low-resolution video calls and media shared on social media platforms \u2014 their realism is now high enough to reliably fool nonexpert viewers. In practical terms, synthetic media have become indistinguishable from authentic recordings for ordinary people and, in some cases, even for institutions.<\/p>\n

And this surge is not limited to quality. The volume of deepfakes has grown explosively: Cybersecurity firm\u00a0DeepStrike<\/a>\u00a0estimates an increase from roughly 500,000 online deepfakes in 2023 to about 8 million in 2025, with annual growth nearing 900%.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a computer scientist who\u00a0researches deepfakes<\/a>\u00a0and other synthetic media. From my vantage point, I see that the situation is\u00a0likely to get worse<\/a>\u00a0in 2026 as deepfakes become synthetic performers capable of reacting to people in real time.
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