Deep Fakes and Synthetic Media with Henry Ajder

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Henry Ajder, the Head of Policy & Partnerships at Metaphysic, a company pioneering the ethical development of hyper-realistic synthetic media. They talk about deep fakes, synthetic media, and the future of these technologies.This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Liberal Social with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are responsible for the content or for any use that be made of it.

Show notes 

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As Ricardo mentions, Henry was one of the participants On The Agenda – Deepfakes: Are we ready for the upcoming storm?, that you can find here.

You can follow Henry’s work on his website, on Twitter and Linkedin.

To know more about this topic you can see Henry’s writing on Wired.co.uk: “Deepfake apps are here and we can’t let them run amok” and “A deepfake porn bot is being used to abuse thousands of women”

On MIT Technology Review: “A horrifying new AI app swaps women into porn videos with a click“.

The paper published in Thomson Reuters Practical Law: “The rise of the deepfake: looking into a dystopian future?”

and the publication that Henry mention: “The State of Deepfakes”