We have to settle for that deepfakes are right here to remain in movie and TV

Final week noticed the launch of Deep Pretend Neighbour Wars, the primary ever deepfake comedy. We have to begin speaking concerning the authorized and moral implications of this expertise, says New Scientist’s tv columnist Bethan Ackerley

By Bethan Ackerley

LAST week, UK streaming service ITVX unleashed a world first. It got here within the type of a sketch present through which a few of the world’s largest stars, from actor Idris Elba to local weather campaigner Greta Thunberg, are reimagined as squabbling neighbours, drawing battle strains over communal gardens and Christmas decorations.

Extra important than these quarrels between well-known faces, although, is how these faces had been created. Deep Pretend Neighbour Wars takes the voices and our bodies of impressionists, then marries them with digital variations of celeb visages. Welcome to the primary ever deepfake comedy.

I’ve began watching and I received’t faux …