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Deepfake of Tom Hanks that 'easily passes as real' made for less than $100
Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherA deepfake image of Hollywood actor Tom Hanks that "easily passes as real" was made for less than $100 as part of an experiment.The image, made using machine-learning algorithms, was released this week to demonstrate the harrowing affects of deepfakes.Philip Tully, a data scientist, made the image for less than $100 to test how easily it could be made from software used in artificial intelligence (AI) labs.He said: "People with not a lot of experience can take these machine-learning models and do pretty powerful things with them."Tully further warned how these labs could be used for disinformation campaigns.In a Wired report, it was deemed that the Hanks image