SMRTR AIFeb 3, 2026Science News

AI models spot deepfake images, but people catch fake videos

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Researchers tested humans versus AI algorithms in detecting deepfakes, finding AI excelled at spotting fake images with 97% accuracy compared to humans' 50% chance-level performance. However, humans surprisingly outperformed AI when identifying fake videos, achieving 63% accuracy while algorithms dropped to chance levels, suggesting future deepfake detection requires human-AI collaboration.

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