Onfido report notes new biometric fraud trends and ID fraud spike in COVID-19 era
A report by Onfido has highlighted how the existing global coronavirus pandemic is fuelling identity fraud and also enhancing new…
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Deepfakes: The Times wows, the Senate punts and Asia worries
The New York Times this week did something dangerous for its reputation as the nation’s paper of record. Its staff…
Practical way to have AI flag its own uncertainty reported. Could be used to spot deepfakes
Researchers say they have found an efficient way for an AI algorithm like those used in biometrics to judge how…
The time to battle malevolent AI is now, according to a new EU report
A public-private group in the European Union is telling the union’s 27 nations that the time to combat AI-perpetrated crime,…
Few North American execs worry about AI landing them in hot water
Research sponsored by a unit of Japanese telco NTT Group finds that some businesses are “vastly underestimating the ethical challenges…
Idiap expanding its ‘Deepfake detection and attribution’ research team
The Idiap Research Institute has posted an announcement on their site looking for qualified candidates for a Ph.D. position researching…
Deepfake detection: humans vs machine
Deepfake detection: humans vs machine Online October 6, 2020, 12:30pm CE(S)T Deepfake videos, where a person’s face is automatically swapped…
Are blood-flow biometrics the answer to video deepfakes?
A team of researchers say they have used a biometric technique to uncover deepfakes and determine the generators that created…
Why fingerprint and facial biometrics are easy targets for fraudsters
This is a guest post by André Ferraz, founder and CEO of Incognia. When Apple introduced TouchID fingerprint recognition on…
The deepfake battle is joined by Microsoft, banks and biometrics companies
Is it possible to always or at least reliably detect synthetic media? It seems unlikely today, much less as deepfake…
