❘ published: 2023-01-21T15:04:58
❘ renew: 2023-01-21T15:05:08
Actor Robert Pattinson has responded to “weird” deepfakes of himself that have gone viral on TikTok, revealing that even people who know him well have been fooled by the videos.
Deepfakes, synthetic media that place a person’s likeness within existing images, have confused users of many different accounts on TikTok.
Numerous deepfake accounts have popped up on the app in which people digitally alter themselves to very convincingly become another person, such as the “Deep Tom Cruise” account, which has more than 500 fake accounts on the app. million fans.
Batman actor Robert Pattinson has also been affected by the trend, with TikTok account “unreal_robert” creating videos featuring deepfakes of the actor that went viral on many occasions.
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In an interview with ES Magazine, Pattinson shared his thoughts on the exceptionally accurate deepfake videos, revealing that even people who knew him have been fooled by them.
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“I know, it’s scary,” he said. “A lot of people who know me very well still ask, ‘Why are you doing these weird dance videos on TikTok?'”
He continued: “It’s really weird. You just realize we’re two years away from it being indistinguishable from reality — so what the hell am I going to do for work?”
The unreal_robert account has over a million followers and their most viewed video has over 33 million views.
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The comments section of these videos was packed with viewers who still couldn’t quite grasp that this wasn’t the real Robert, and it’s safe to say some people were fooled when it first appeared on their For You page.
