FRISCO – Online trolls and race baiters have seized on the tragic stabbing at a Frisco high school track meet, spreading misinformation online and creating AI-generated deepfake videos.
In one AI-generated video posted to Instagram this week, a clip of CBS News Texas anchor Doug Dunbar was manipulated to make it appear as though he said something he didn’t. The video also used AI to create an entirely fake video image of the suspect Karmelo Anthony with a knife in his hand.
The CBS News Confirm team said it’s unclear just how many people saw this video, but it was reposted on multiple accounts. The original post on Instagram has now been taken down.
Investigating deepfake technology
For over a year, the CBS News Texas I-Team has been investigating the technology behind deepfake videos. Professor Christopher Meerdo at the University of North Texas in Denton told the I-Team in a 2024 interview that advances in technology are making it easier to create deepfakes. In fact, one can be made with just a single still image…