EP31 - Synthetic Media: When Seeing Is No Longer Believing

13/11/2025 29 min

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We see a famous actor in a viral video or hear a politician say something they never uttered, and it looks and sounds perfectly real. We might call it a deepfake, but that simple name hides a profound technological duel. This is the story of how machines learned to replicate reality by competing against each other, and what that means for a world where seeing is no longer believing.

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