Viral Robert Pattinson deepfake is taking over TikTok TikTok: iam_pattinsonAn account featuring what appears to be a Robert Pattinson deepfake is going viral on TikTok, garnering millions of views thanks to just how convincing it is. There have been a fair few celebrity impersonation accounts that have gone viral on TikTok in the past, with the platform even mistakenly verifying some of them because their accounts were so convincing. But some people take their impersonations to the next level with \u2018deepfakes\u2019 which are a form of synthetic media in which a person in a video is replaced with someone else\u2019s likeness. Parody account \u2018deeptomcruise\u2019 is one example, who\u2019s garnered over 3 million followers thanks to his uncanny recreation of actor Tom Cruise. The latest account to go viral is \u2018iam_pattinson,\u2019 which includes several videos of a figure resembling actor Robert Pattinson, who is currently best known for his portrayal of Batman. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load In his first video, which now has over 20 million views, the impersonator leans into the camera and gives a little wave, with the caption reading, \u201chi there!\u201d Although the figure bears an uncanny resemblance to Pattinson, viewers immediately smelled a rat. \u201cI know my man\u2019s hair and that\u2019s not it,\u201d one comment with nearly 160,000 likes read. \u201cThat\u2019s Pobert Rattinson,\u201d said another. While some were convinced that the account could actually be the real deal, others are becoming increasingly confident that he\u2019s a deepfake as he uploads more viral videos to the app. \u201cIt\u2019s 100% a deepfake but I love it all the same,\u201d said one comment with over 40,000 likes, another saying, \u201cGuys cmon it ain\u2019t real, it\u2019s a deepfake. Look at the hair that ain\u2019t his hair.\u201d Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load \u2018Iam_pattinson\u2019 has gained over 5 million likes since starting his account, and now has over 650,000 followers. Although many were impressed by the similarity to the actual actor, several commenters agreed with the sentiment that \u201cit\u2019s honestly terrifying that people can do this with CGI.\u201d In 2020, a report from University College London claimed that deepfakes are the most dangerous use of artificial intelligence in terms of potential applications for crime. It looks like the Robert Pattinson deepfake is only set to garner more attention as it continues to go viral on TikTok, but with the rise of deepfakes on the app, people may be second-guessing whether a video of their favorite celeb is really them at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Viral Robert Pattinson deepfake is taking over TikTok TikTok: iam_pattinsonAn account featuring what appears to be a Robert Pattinson deepfake is going viral on TikTok, garnering millions of views thanks to just how convincing it is. There have been a fair few celebrity impersonation accounts that have gone viral on TikTok in the past, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}