Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here’s what’s coming next

By: Siwei Lyu, University at Buffalo, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 26, 2025

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Last Updated: 5 days, 7 hours ago

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By Siwei Lyu, University at Buffalo

Over the course of 2025, deepfakes improved dramatically. AI-generated faces, voices and full-body performances that mimic real people increased in quality far beyond what even many experts expected would be the case just a few years ago. They were also increasingly used to deceive people.

For many everyday scenarios — especially low-resolution video calls and media shared on social media platforms — their realism is now high enough to reliably …

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