Sunrise stars shocked to find out there’s a ‘fake’ David ‘Kochie’ Koch moonlighting as TV host
Sunrise co-stars are shocked to discover a ‘fake’ David ‘Kochie’ Koch moonlights as the TV presenter – but there are two dead giveaways to help you tell him apart from the real deal
Sunrise co-hosts Natalie Barr and David “Kochie” Koch were shocked on Tuesday when Matt Doran presented them with the project he’s been working on lately – a fake version of Kochie.
Matt, 40, worked behind the scenes with the tech team to create a fake video of Kochie using artificial intelligence.
Kochie thought it was “extraordinary,” but there were two dead giveaways to prove the video was fake.
At first, the fake clip that starred Matt van Kochie saw him talking in an American accent.
The second saw him sound like the real Kochie, 67, but the technology confused Kochie’s favorite AFL team.
Natalie Barr and David ‘Kochie’ Koch were shocked live on Sunrise Tuesday when Matt Doran presented them with the project he’s been working on lately, a deepfake version of Kochie
When asked which team would win the AFL premiership this year, the fake said the Melbourne Demons would win, but as most of his fans know, Kochie is the president of the Port Adelaide Football Club.
‘I have no doubt, wait for it, the mighty Melbourne Demons [the Melbourne Football Club] will be unbeatable!’ said the AI.
“You can see that was fake after last weekend,” the real Kochie replied.
Initially, the deepfake clip that starred Matt van Kochie saw him talking in an American accent. The second saw him sound like Kochie, 67, but the technology confused Kochie’s favorite AFL team. Pictured is the deepfake
The fake Kochie was also asked what the secret was to looking so youthful and the AI replied, “Let’s keep this between you and me, but I’ve actually been frozen since the late 1990s.”
After watching the clips, Kochie said it was “extraordinary.”
“Your mouth moves as if you’re actually saying the words,” Kochie said.
“You need a lot of content to actually replicate the voice,” explains Matt.
“It took us a few hours of audio to get there – but that technology is improving fast,” he added.
After watching the clips, Kochie said it was “extraordinary.” “Your mouth moves as if you’re actually saying the words,” Kochie said
A “deepfake” is a form of artificial intelligence that uses “deep learning” to manipulate audio, images, and video, creating hyper-realistic media content.
The term “deepfake” was coined in 2017 when a Reddit user posted manipulated porn videos on the forum. The videos swapped the faces of celebrities like Gal Gadot, Taylor Swift, and Scarlett Johansson to porn stars.
If you’ve seen Tom Cruise playing guitar on TikTok, Barack Obama calling Donald Trump a “total and complete dipshit,” or Mark Zuckerberg boasting that he controlled “billions of people’s stolen data,” you’ve probably seen a deepfake before. seen.
A notorious example of a deepfake or “cheapfake” was a crude impersonation of Volodymyr Zelensky appearing to surrender to Russia in a video that was widely circulated on Russian social media last year.