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The Verge
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
We are not ready for better deepfakes
If you're like me, then lately you've scrolled past something on social media and thought, 'Wait, was that real?' Deepfakes are everywhere, and they're getting a lot more convincing. That brings me to my Decoder guest today: Gaurav Misra, the CEO of Captions. You may not have heard of Captions yet, but you've probably seen a video that was generated using its AI models. The company's Mirage Studio platform lets anyone generate AI versions of real people, and the results are alarmingly realistic. Captions just put out a blog post titled, 'We Build Synthetic Humans. Here's What's Keeping Us Up at Night.' It's a good overview of the state of deepfakes and where they're headed. As the CEO of a company building deepfake technology, I wanted to know what specifically keeps Gaurav up at night, which you'll hear us get into. I'm generally more optimistic about the long-term impacts of AI than a lot of people, but as you'll hear in this conversation, I'm a lot more nervous about this topic. Ultimately, I came away from this episode unsettled by the fact that the deepfakes of today are the least believable they'll ever be, we are not ready, and the companies building this tech are racing ahead anyway. If you'd like to read more on what we talked about in this episode, check out the links below: Questions or comments about this episode? Hit us up at decoder@ We really do read every email! A podcast from The Verge about big ideas and other problems. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Alex Heath Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All AI Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Decoder Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Podcasts Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Tech
The Verge
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
A look at the state of deepfakes.
From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet See all Stories Posted Jul 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC A look at the state of deepfakes. If you're interested in a high-level overview of the state of deepfakes, I recommend checking out this blog post from Captions, a Capcut competitor and a software platform that enables creators to generate AI-generated videos from scratch. What struck me the most is the company's prediction that, 'Very soon, most models will allow you to generate a person (real or synthetic) in any situation – without a duration constraint (longer than 12 seconds) and featuring multiple people in one shot.' Chat, are we cooked? I'll have Captions CEO Gaurav Misra on Decoder later this week to talk about this. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Alex Heath Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Alex Heath Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All AI Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Creators Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Tech
