Hany Farid on Deepfakes and the Decline of Reality: 404 Media Podcast
404 Media · rss · 2026-08-17
404 Media's podcast interviews Hany Farid: cofounder of deepfake-detection company GetReal and developer of PhotoDNA, the perceptual hashing algorithm now used by every serious internet platform to automatically detect and remove harmful images.
- Since 404 Media first reported on deepfakes in 2017, Farid has been a regular voice; this episode zooms out to reflect on how the technology has changed our perception of reality.
- Topics include the current state of detecting AI-generated images, the evolution of deepfake technology, and speculation about where things are headed.
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