Google releases videos to help researchers create better ‘deepfake’ detection tools | SILICON ANGLE

‘Google’s videos should be useful, since many of them appear to be incredibly realistic, especially to users who have no point of reference.’

Google is adding to a growing effort to combat deepfakes, reports SILICON ANGLE. Concerns are mounting about their potential to create confusion as well as defaming people and undermining public trust.

  • Google is releasing 3,000 examples of deepfakes that it had produced by using actors.
  • The videos are intended as a training set.
  • They show comparisons of the actual person and the corresponding deepfake.

Early this month, Facebook said they would release a set of deepfake examples for research. Facebook also announced a ‘Deepfake Detection Challenge,’ with up to $10 million for projects that development effective tools.

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Google releases videos to help researchers create better ‘deepfake’ detection tools
SILICON ANGLE | September 25, 2019 | by Mike Wheatley

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