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Researchers find one thousands LinkedIn profiles using deep fake images

An investigation by researchers at Stanford Internet Observatory discovered more than a thousand LinkedIn profiles using fake facial images created using artificial intelligence.

Renée DiResta and Josh Goldstein from the Stanford Internet Observatory made the discovery after DiResta was contacted by someone on LinkedIn named Keenan Ramsey. While it looked like a normal software sales pitch at first glance, upon further investigation, DiResta realized that the face in the profile image appeared fake due to the central positioning of the eyes and the vague background. After which it became apparent that Ramsey was an entirely fictitious person.

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This prompted the researcher to initiate an investigation with her colleague Josh Goldstein on the number of computer-generated or deepfake images on the professional networking platform. Deepfakes use a form of artificial intelligence to combine and superimpose existing images and videos to make fake images of people or frame a person for doing or saying something that they have not.

From the recent examples, it looks like this technology has entered the corporate world. According to NPR, many of these profiles with AI-generated images appear to be for marketing and sales purposes. However, when someone connects to one of these fake profiles, they end up speaking to a real salesperson.

Many of these companies listed as employers on the profiles with AI-generated images, said that they used external vendors to contact potential customers on LinkedIn. Among such vendors is AirSales, which claims to hire independent contractors to provide marketing services. These contractors then create deepfake LinkedIn profiles at their own discretion.

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