Google has updated its terms of use to ban work that facilitates the creation of deepfakes — videos that digitally fabricate likenesses of people. As noted by Bleeping Computer, Google did not make a public announcement but quietly added “creating deepfakes” to its list of banned activities. The videos, named after a Redditor called ‘deepfake’ who popularized the practice, use machine learning tools to create startlingly convincing face-swaps.
