<!-- ABOUT --> <section class="about"> <h2>Who We Are & Why We Care</h2> <p>BavFakes was founded in 2023 by a group of journalists, data scientists, and Bavarian cultural historians who grew tired of seeing reliable news get tangled in a web of misinformation...</p> <ul class="values"> <li><strong>Transparency</strong> – Full methodology openly published.</li> <li><strong>Independence</strong> – No political or commercial affiliations.</li> <li><strong>Community</strong> – Engaging citizens as active participants.</li> <li><strong>Accuracy</strong> – Zero‑tolerance for unverified speculation.</li>

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The process behind a "fake" has democratized rapidly over the last five years. What once required expensive server farms can now be achieved on high-end consumer graphics cards. The process involves training an AI model on thousands of images of a target face, teaching the algorithm to understand the geometry of their features in various lighting conditions. The "fakes" produced are a collision of data and desire, creating a version of reality that never existed.