SUNY Distinguished Professor is a leading expert on deepfakes and mitigating misinformation online.

Agence France-Presse utilized the DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, to discredit a video showing a young Bangladeshi person pleading for help from India. 

NBC News quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about how AI is increasing the distrust of online information.

Fox 8 and The Good Men Project republished an article written by Siwei Lyu about the developments in AI deepfake technology seen in 2025. 

Full Fact quoted Siwei Lyu in an article crediting a video showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being led from a plane as AI. 

The Quint used the DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, to determine that a video showing the Indian defense minister blaming Muslim extremists for unrest in the country was altered using AI. 

Web Pro News referenced the DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, in an article about how to distinguish between deepfakes and reality as technology progresses.