How I created Sumiko Tan’s deepfake overnight

News Media, Teaching

Homemade deepfakes are more common than ever as tools to create them have become more powerful and more readily available. The Straits Times attempted to create one to see just how easy it would be.

The Straits Times, 9 August 2022

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