A computer program that can edit videos of people speaking to realistically make it look like they said something else has been created, raising fears of clips being tampered with online. Researchers at the University of Washington have lip-synced a video of former US president Barack Obama using the program to superimpose new audio onto the clip. The realistic results put words in Obama’s mouth by converting audio sounds into mouth movements and blending them onto an existing video of speech.  Paid content The Facility is an underground compound made up of luxury apartmentsDigital Trends Tiny Device to be in 50 Billion Products by 2020 (Read Article)Banyan Hill PublishingRecommended byThe effect could be used in special effects and to improve the quality of video calls, the researchers said. “When you watch Skype or Google Hangouts, often the connection is stuttery and low-resolution and really unpleasant, but the audio is pretty good,” said Steve Seitz, co-author of the research and professor at the University of Washington. “So if you could use the audio to produce much higher-quality video, that would be terrific.” Until now, video lip-syncing involved hours of filming and editing.  But the computer program can create a clip with new audio after analysing one hour of speech rather than 14.  

Source: Scarily convincing fake video tool puts words in Obama’s mouth