{"id":268665,"date":"2025-11-03T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/268665\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:45:10","slug":"the-number-one-sign-youre-watching-an-ai-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/268665\/","title":{"rendered":"The number one sign you&#8217;re watching an AI video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The other two factors, resolution and quality, are related but different. Resolution refers to the number or size of pixels in an image, while compression is a process that reduces the size of a video file by throwing away detail, often leaving behind blocky patterns and blurred edges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In fact, Farid says low-quality fakes are so compelling that the bad guys downgrade their work on purpose. &#8220;If I&#8217;m trying to fool people, what do I do? I generate my fake video, then I reduce the resolution so you can still see it, but you can make out all the little details. And then I add compression that further obfuscates any possible artefacts,&#8221; Farid says. &#8220;It&#8217;s a common technique.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761842592_285_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/p0md0ffm.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Serenity Strull\/ Getty Images Low resolution images have fewer pixels, while compression adds other errors. Both hide artefacts that can make AI's work more obvious (Credit: Serenity Strull\/ Getty Images)\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Serenity Strull\/ Getty ImagesLow resolution images have fewer pixels, while compression adds other errors. Both hide artefacts that can make AI&#8217;s work more obvious (Credit: Serenity Strull\/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The trouble is that, as you read this, the tech giants are <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cz69qy760weo\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spending billions of dollars<\/a> to make AI even more realistic. &#8220;I have some bad news to deliver. If those visual tells are here now, they won&#8217;t be very soon,&#8221; Stamm says. &#8220;I would anticipate that these visual cues are going to be gone from video within two years, at least the obvious ones, because they&#8217;ve pretty much evaporated from AI-generated images already. You just can&#8217;t trust your eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">That doesn&#8217;t mean the truth is a lost cause. When researchers like Farid and Stamm are verifying a piece of content, they have more advanced techniques at their disposal. &#8220;When you generate or modify a video, it leaves behind little statistical traces that our eyes can&#8217;t see, like fingerprints at a crime scene,&#8221; Stamm says. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing the emergence of techniques that can help look for and expose these fingerprints.&#8221; Sometimes the distribution of pixels in a fake video might be different than a real one, for example, but factors like these aren&#8217;t foolproof.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The other two factors, resolution and quality, are related but different. 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