{"id":24667,"date":"2023-02-06T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=24667"},"modified":"2023-02-06T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T10:31:16","slug":"global-scramble-to-tackle-deepfakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/02\/global-scramble-to-tackle-deepfakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Scramble to Tackle Deepfakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of fraudulent activities flourish in the online world. Nowadays, AI deepfakes have been a crucial tool in spreading misinformation on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article to know more about deepfakes and how the world struggles to fight against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/seeing-is-believing-global-scramble-to-tackle-deepfakes-\/6945185.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What does \u201cto rein in<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cChatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos, and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions \u2014 the scramble is on <\/em>to rein in<\/span><\/em><\/strong> AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.\u201d<\/em>? Use this phrase in your own sentence.<\/li>
  2. What does \u201ddeluge<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cArtificial Intelligence is redefining the proverb “seeing is believing,” with a <\/em>deluge<\/span><\/em><\/strong> of images created out of thin air and people shown mouthing things they never said in real-looking deepfakes that have eroded online trust.\u201d<\/em> Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li>
  3. What does \u201cstymie<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cChina recently adopted expansive rules to regulate deepfakes but most countries appear to be struggling to keep up with the fast-evolving technology amid concerns that regulation could <\/em>stymie<\/span><\/em><\/strong> innovation or be misused to curtail free speech.\u201d<\/em> Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. What are your thoughts on the prevalence of deepfakes nowadays?<\/li>
    2. How can deepfakes be prevented?<\/li>
    3. How would you feel and would you know what to do in case you fall victim to a deepfake content?<\/li>
    4. Share your thoughts on this, \u201cWith no barriers to creating AI-synthesized text, audio and video, the potential for misuse in identity theft, financial fraud and tarnishing reputations has sparked global alarm.\u201d<\/em><\/li>
    5. According to the Eurasia group, \u201cAI tools are “weapons of mass disruption.\u201d<\/em> What is your opinion on this?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      B2 – Upper Intermediate A lot of fraudulent activities flourish in the online world. Nowadays, AI deepfakes have been a crucial tool in spreading misinformation on the internet. Read the article to know more about deepfakes and how the world struggles to fight against it. https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/seeing-is-believing-global-scramble-to-tackle-deepfakes-\/6945185.html Vocabulary Questions: What does \u201cto rein in\u201d mean, \u201cChatbots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[291,292,289,25,293],"class_list":["post-24667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-reading","tag-technology","tag-text"],"yoast_head":"\nGlobal Scramble to Tackle Deepfakes | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/02\/global-scramble-to-tackle-deepfakes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Global Scramble to Tackle Deepfakes | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B2 – Upper Intermediate A lot of fraudulent activities flourish in the online world. 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