The 7 Steps November
1. CONTEXT
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know about thetopic, including
vocabulary. Do
some research
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Deepfake

Listening Questions 1

2. QUESTIONS

1. What is deepfake media?
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2. How does AI produce these images?

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3. What was deepfake originally used for?
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4. How do criminals use deepfake technology?
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5. How many deepfake videos were found online in September 2019?
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3. LISTEN

Listening Questions 2
1. Why did Facebook suffer from a PR disaster in 2019?

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2. What type of information is needed to make deepfake media?

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3. Who else did cybercriminals impersonate in 2019 and what was the result?
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4. What is Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft sponsoring?
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5. What is the objective of this event?
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Discussion Questions
1. What kind of IT risks are there that could potentially affect companies?
2. What should companies do to protect itself from such risks?

4. CHECK ANSWERS

The digital age has provided fraudsters and criminals new ways to provide misleading
information. One technique that is growing rapidly is deepfake. Deepfake is a blend of the words“deep learning” and “fake”. It’s the 21st century’s version of photoshopping. Deepfake are AIgenerated videos or photos where the image of one person is replaced with that of anotherperson. The AI learns what a source face looks like at different angles, then puts the face onto adifferent person like a mask.

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Originally deepfake technology could be utilized in movies where Computer Generated Imagery(CGI) was used to make actors and actresses look younger or older, or to put faces on acompletely new body. One example of the use of deepfake in a movie is the young Princess
Leia in the new Star Wars movies.

5. CHECK VOCABULARY
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223344557. SHADOWING

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DetectUnbelievable

Misleading

Be oneself

Hoax

Unchanged

Convincing

Accurate

Impersonate

Reality

ManipulatedConcealTRANSCRIPT 2
To understand the negative impact deepfake can have, you only need to look at an altered video ofMark Zuckerberg talking to CBS News where he states that he holds millions of people’s personal
information and can use it for whatever he wants. The video was posted on his own company’s SNS
site Facebook in 2019 and went viral, causing a PR disaster for the company.
How do fraudsters get the information needed to create deepfake videos? They use videos from
YouTube channels and images posted on social media sites from all over the internet. By using
software which can alter not only the image but the voice as well, they can create very convincing
videos which can be used as recorded video messages or in live conversation. This happened in2019 when cybercriminals impersonated a German company’s chief executive’s voice and tricked
the company into a transfer of €220,000.

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1Although this technology has had constructive uses, it has recently been taken up by fraudsters
to create hoaxes, fake news, and identity theft. This technology has exploded on the internet.
The AI firm Deeptrace found 15,000 deepfake videos online in September 2019, which wasclose to double of what was discovered in the previous 9 months.

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TRANSCRIPT 155As technology for deepfake develops further, so too does the technology to catch it. Amazon,
Facebook, and Microsoft sponsor a deepfake detection challenge. The goal of the challenge is toencourage researchers around the world to build innovative new technologies that can help detect
deepfake and other manipulated media.