Stephanie Lepp: Last News

Donald Trump’s presidency has been controversial since day one and his refusal to concede to Joe Biden is the latest in a long line of shocking acts by America’s 45th president.But satirist and video artist Stephanie Lepp has added a “concession speech” to her Deep Reckonings series.The collection comprises deepfake videos that show what’s really going on inside the heads of politicians and celebrities.The video itself isn’t setting out to fool anyone – it’s clearly billed as “fake news” from the outset – but it shows how, in the wrong hands, deep fake technology could be a very dangerous weapon.Stephanie’s Trump, with his bizarre orange makeup and that voice that always sounds as if he’s getting a slight cold, gives (in his words) the most

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg’s once claimed that to think Russia influenced the 2016 presidential election “is a pretty crazy idea.” Today, for many, that idea is beyond question. Artist Stephanie Lepp has used artificial intelligence to a digital “puppet” of Zuckerberg, and made it "admit" that it’s done damage both to politics and society, saying: “People on our platform have become more prone to hating others, and hating themselves.