Deepfake detection tools don’t always work. Here’s proof

By now, you know what a deepfake is. These AI-generated audio and video clips keep spreading, causing louder and louder warnings about them every week.

It’s easy to mistake these imitations of people for the real thing. (Heck, I wrote a confession not long ago about failing a deepfake video quiz.) Security tools have popped up to help, with established software vendors and newer companies alike making deepfake detectors available. But the sad news is… they’re not as reliable as you might hope.