Deep Fake Queen Delivers The Christmas Message In Channel 4

 

Image: Channel 4

Before understanding this latest copycat feature you need to understand what is deep fake?

What is Deep fake?

Deepfakes are synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness. While the act of faking content is not new, deepfakes leverage powerful techniques from machine learning and artificial intelligence to manipulate or generate visual and audio content with a high potential to deceive. The main machine learning methods used to create deepfakes are based on deep learning and involve training generative neural network architectures, such as autoencoders or generative adversarial networks (GANs).

An example of deepfake technology: in a scene from Man of Steel, actress Amy Adams in the original (left) is modified to have the face of actor Nicolas Cage (right)

Deep Fake Queen Delivers The Christmas Message In Channel 4

This year's Channel four different Christmas message is going to be delivered by a deepfake of the Queen.

While the Queen is delivering her ancient message on the BBC and ITV, her digitally created doppelgänger are going to be sharing its "thoughts" on Channel four.

Buckingham Palace told the BBC it had no comment on the broadcast.

Channel four aforementioned the intention was to administer a "stark warning" regarding fake news within the digital age.

Deepfake technology may be accustomed produce convincing however entirely fictional video content and is commonly accustomed unfold information.

In the message, the deepfake can attempt its hand at a TikTok viral dance challenge.

The five-minute message can confer with a variety of disputable topics, together with the choice by the Duke and peeress of the geographic area to depart the united kingdom. it'll additionally suggest to the Duke of York's call to step down from royal duties earlier this year once associate interview he gave to the BBC regarding his relationship with convict Jeffrey Epstein.

The BBC's royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell wasn't impressed: "There are unnumbered imitations of the Queen. this is not a very sensible one.

"The voice sounds what it's - a rather poor plan to impersonate her. What makes it worrying is the use of video technology to try to synchronise her lips to the words being spoken."

Some members of the general public have additionally instructed the video is "disrespectful" via posts on social media.

The media watchdog Ofcom aforementioned it had received "a little range of complaints", however as a result of it's a post-transmission regulator couldn't think about them at now.

While current technology will afford voice deepfakes, the voice of this deepfake is going to be dubbed by British actress Debra Stephenson.

The lead was antecedently the voice of a puppet of the monarch within the 2020 revival of satirical sketch show similitude.

Stephenson said: "As an associate actor, it's thrilling however it's additionally alarming if you think about however this might be utilized in different contexts."

The deepfake has been created by Oscar-winning VFX studio Framestore. Some members of the general public have additionally instructed the video is "disrespectful" via posts on social media.

You can watch the Deepfake video here.