Analysis

April 18, 2022

The deepfake dangers lurking in the metaverse

The technology exists for anyone to create a hyperreal avatar of themselves. But do we stop these deepfake images from being misused?


Maija Palmer

5 min read

When you're in the metaverse, you are generally represented by either a blocky or cartoonish avatar or a disembodied floating torso and a pair of hands. None of which looks remotely like you.

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Every Anyone face changes
Every Anyone's platform allows for faces to be manipulated in all sorts of ways
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