deepfakes

also referred to as: deep fake · deep fakes

9 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Nov 9, 2022 by Karen X Cheng · across every show →

Everything said about deepfakes, oldest first

Nov 9, 2022 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Karen X Cheng: Photorealistic Deepfakes Will Soon Reach Mass Adoption
“We're already there on edge cases, and we'll pretty soon be there for mass cases.”
Karen X Cheng Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 1:04:47 AI and the Creator Economy with Karen X Cheng
Oct 1, 2023 negative
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Horowitz: Deepfakes will be perfected for the 2024 presidential election
“It's gonna be a huge thing going into the presidential election of twenty-twenty-four, for sure, because by October, they're gonna be working perfectly.”
Ben Horowitz Oct 1, 2023 ▶ 1:47:59 What is the Future of Hollywood?
Apr 2, 2024 bullish
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: Blockchain technology offers viable solutions for detecting deepfakes
“I also think we need technological solutions, not just regulatory solutions for things like deep fakes that kind of help us get to, you know, what's human, what's not human. And interesting, a lot of those are kind of you know, viable now based on kind of bloc…”
Ben Horowitz Apr 2, 2024 ▶ 1:02:15 Politics & the Future of Tech
Oct 30, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Balasubramaniyan: Deepfakes surged 1,400% in the first half of 2024
“There has been a 1400% increase in the amount of deep fakes we've seen this year in the first six months compared to all of last year.”
Vijay Balasubramaniyan Oct 30, 2024 ▶ 10:41 Can We Detect a Deepfake?
Oct 30, 2024
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Balasubramaniyan: Deepfake attacks grew from monthly to daily per customer
“In 2023, we were seeing essentially one deep fake a month in some customer, right? So it was just one deep fake a month, and some customer would face it. It wasn't a widespread problem. But this year, we've now seen one deep fake per customer per day.”
Vijay Balasubramaniyan Oct 30, 2024 ▶ 10:09 Can We Detect a Deepfake?
Nov 5, 2024 neutral
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Andreessen: Deepfakes are Washington's top AI concern
“In my discussions in D.C., this is actually the thing they care about the most.”
Marc Andreessen Nov 5, 2024 ▶ 1:15:13 Marc & Ben on AI Policy, Safety, Censorship & Unexpected Risks
Nov 5, 2024 positive
Insight
Horowitz: Blockchain digital signatures can verify authentic media from public figures
“Particularly if we get better blockchain crypto regulation, that we actually have a very good technological approach particularly for politicians and people in, you know, public figures to basically digitally sign content they're in, put it on the blockchain, …”
Ben Horowitz Nov 5, 2024 ▶ 1:17:28 Marc & Ben on AI Policy, Safety, Censorship & Unexpected Risks
Feb 28, 2025
Assertion Partly supported
Long: Deepfake Russian official targeted the Senate Foreign Relations Chairman
“Example that I brought up in a recent post that I feel like was just kind of overlooked. Maybe you covered at some point. I don't know, but overlooked in the broader media was when someone used to deep fake in order to call up the chairman of the foreign relat…”
Brian C. Long Feb 28, 2025 ▶ 16:25 How to spot an AI Deepfake
Apr 2, 2026
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Blania: Photorealistic real-time deepfakes will be commoditized by 2027
“And so I think, you know, in a year from now, it's just going to be a full commodity and it's going to be super photorealistic and absolutely real time.”
Alex Blania Apr 2, 2026 ▶ 18:11 How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer | Alex Blania on a16z
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