Sydney: A new study has revealed that the human brain has the ability to detect deep-fake in its subconscious. This research can then help develop tools to prevent the spread of misleading information.
Deepfakes are videos, images, audio, or messages that appear to be genuine but are actually computer-generated to mislead people and change their opinions.
The study, published in the journal Vision Research, reported that participants in study attempted to spot deep gazes and were evaluated using electroencephalography scans of their brains.
The team of scientists, which also included scientists from the University of Sydney, said that the brains of these individuals had a 54 per cent success rate of identifying these deep faxes. When a group was first verbally instructed to deep-fake, however, their success rate was 37%.
Thomas Carlson of the University of Sydney, who is also a co-author of the study, said that although the brain accuracy rate in the study was low, it was statistically significant. This tells us that the brain can tell the difference between deepfakes and real images.
Scientists around the world are trying to find new ways to detect deepfakes. Regarding this new study, the researchers said that the findings could help fight against misleading online content.