Digital literacy interventions can boost humans in discerning deepfakes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23492v1
• Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:23:45 GMT
• Title: Digital literacy interventions can boost humans in discerning deepfakes
• Authors: Dominique Geissler, Claire Robertson, Stefan Feuerriegel,
• Abstract summary: Deepfakes, i.e., images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), can erode trust in institutions and compromise election outcomes.<n>Here, we compare the efficacy of five digital literacy interventions to boost people's ability to discern deepfakes.<n>Our results show that our interventions can boost deepfake discernment by up to 13 percentage points while maintaining trust in real images.
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• Abstract: Deepfakes, i.e., images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), can erode trust in institutions and compromise election outcomes, as people often struggle to discern real images from deepfakes. Improving digital literacy can help address these challenges, yet scalable and effective approaches remain largely unexplored. Here, we compare the efficacy of five digital literacy interventions to boost people's ability to discern deepfakes: (1) textual guidance on common indicators of deepfakes; (2) visual demonstrations of these indicators; (3) a gamified exercise for identifying deepfakes; (4) implicit learning through repeated exposure and feedback; and (5) explanations of how deepfakes are generated with the help of AI. We conducted an experiment with N=1,200 participants from the United States to test the immediate and long-term effectiveness of our interventions. Our results show that our interventions can boost deepfake discernment by up to 13 percentage points while maintaining trust in real images. Altogether, our approach is scalable, suitable for diverse populations, and highly effective for boosting deepfake detection while maintaining trust in truthful information.

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