Uncanny

Psychoanalysis

World Wide Web

Trustworthiness

Artificial intelligence

Psychology

Uncanny valley

Disinformation

Computer science

Social media

Computer vision

Computer security

Robot

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Artificial intelligence (AI)-synthesized text, audio, image, and video are being weaponized for the purposes of nonconsensual intimate imagery, financial fraud, and disinformation campaigns. Our evaluation of the photorealism of AI-synthesized faces indicates that synthesis engines have passed through the uncanny valley and are capable of creating faces that are indistinguishable-and more trustworthy-than real faces.

AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy