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A fake is only as good as it looks. But while forging a counterfeit handbag or watch takes time and effort, churning out fake videos has become surprisingly easy.
A new system can turn a few simple animated line drawings into realistic fake clips in high definition. The software is open source, meaning that it is available to anyone – and it has reignited concerns that such tools could be used to warp our perception of the world.
The new system was created by researchers …