?? Deepfake Detection Starts at the Top

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At Reality Defender, we often receive emails from concerned citizens and users looking to validate a single media file. We reply to these emails, speaking with each sender and providing detailed results from our platform. It is our way to genuinely help someone in our free time while simultaneously learning more about instances and usage of deepfakes in the wild.

At the same time, Reality Defender is not a consumer solution, nor do we at Reality Defender believe such consumer-level services should exist.

Why Detection Starts at the Top

Our team currently works with the largest enterprises, governments, platforms, and industry organizations to help proactively detect deepfakes across a near-infinite number of use cases. The Reality Defender Platform (via our API and assistive Web App) can do this at a scale that securely scans and detects petabytes of data in a matter of seconds or in real time. No personal identifying information is ever shared with our team or system, meaning we can never see what’s scanned, nor do we retain any files after they’re scanned.?

We work with these partners because the responsibility of deepfake detection lies with them, not ordinary citizens. If some had access to deepfake detection while others did not, this would create an unequal world where only certain individuals retain the privilege of truth. Our mission is to end deepfake-driven and AI-generated disinformation for all, not some. By partnering with gatekeepers, leading platforms, and those controlling the firehoses of user-posted and user-generated content, we can proactively flag and/or remove this content before it gets in front of a single person.?

Deepfake detection begins with these entities. By using Reality Defender, they can ensure users, consumers, and citizens are never subjected to advanced disinformation campaigns led by bad actors and attackers. This not only negates the need for individuals to detect deepfakes on their own; it creates an equal world where all are privy to the truth.

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This Week in News

• Works that are wholly generated by AI are not subjected to copyright in the U.S. (The Verge)
• A potential lawsuit between The New York Times and OpenAI could force the latter to wipe their models and retrain them. (NPR)
• The New York Times also blocked OpenAI’s GPTBot from training on the company’s content. (The New York Times)
• The newly-launched 404 Media has a feature on an AI-generated pornography marketplace where “anything goes.” (404 Media)
• An IBM study says 40% of workers will have to reskill in the next few years, all because of AI. (IBM)
• Wired dives into the many problems with resurrecting the dead via Generative AI and deepfakes. (Wired)
• Rapper Danny Brown deepfaked his way into an Ice Spice music video. (X)
• YouTube may have figured out an approach to the growing copyright concerns of AI-generated music. (TechCrunch)
• Celebrities are cutting deals regarding the rights of their AI-generated doubles. (The Information)
• Stephen King writes on how his books were used to train AI. (The Atlantic)
• AI-powered dating apps are here. (NY Mag)
• What do Americans want from AI? (Vox)
• An AI “off-switch” is coming to Meta platforms. (TechCrunch)

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