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Deepfakes: The face-swapping software explained

Software that replaces an original face with another has been developed.

It uses a machine-learning algorithm to create a computer-generated version of the subject’s face.

The results are known as deepfakes.

BBC Click finds out more.

See more at Click's website and @BBCClick.

1 March 2018

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