So-called “deep fake” technology will be producing audio and video clips that are indistinguishable from authentic ones as soon as one year from now, a media panel audience heard today.

“We are about to get to a world where the fact we have seen something on a video is no longer a statement that it is true,” data scientist John Gibson told Mindshare’s Huddle event.

Telegraph technology special correspondent Harry De Quetteville added: “Video for a long time has been the watermark of credibility – it is the media that conveys veracity…