https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/01/13/san-mateo-county-cliff-crash-video-mystery-real-or-deepfake/

A video of a dark green Lexus careening off a cliff along the San Mateo County Coast went viral late last month, sparking a frantic and fruitless search for the SUV — and a frenzied debate on social media: Was the video a “deepfake”?

The growing phenomena of audio and video manipulated through artificial intelligence has spoofed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s online presence and morphed “Saturday Night Live” star Bill Hader into Oscar winning actor Al Pacino. And even though the California Highway Patrol is vouching for the veracity of the stunning Highway 1 crash video that has left millions of viewers in awe, deepfake experts say it’s another example of how the power of digital illusions is making us question everything we see online.