Microsoft Research, Peking University develop AI deepfake detector
Microsoft Research in partnership with Peking University has published two academic papers discussing a concept for face-swapping artificial intelligence and…
spoof detection
US defense bill requires comprehensive deepfake weaponization, countermeasures initiative
On December 20, President Donald Trump signed into the law the historic $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for…
Idemia named 2019 Global Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan for biometrics excellence
Idemia has won the 2019 Global Company of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan for its biometric technology and…
House unanimously passes deepfake bill; Senate version still in committee
The bipartisan House Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act (IOGAN Act), which supports critical research to accelerate the development…
Spoof attacks top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Spoof attacks in theory and practice and the deployment of facial recognition for use cases including aviation and border crossings,…
Adobe probes tool that detects, reverses facial digital manipulation to fight deepfakes
Adobe, Twitter, and the New York Times have recently joined forces to draw attention to image manipulation and come up…
Biometrics beyond the lock and key
This is a guest post by Saleel Awsare, SVP and GM of the IoT division at Synaptics. What’s next for…
Amazon and Twitter take steps against deepfakes
The need to consider synthetic media and its dissemination over social media has been acknowledged by Twitter, which plans to…
New approaches and technologies to fulfill the online security promise of biometrics
Biometrics are often associated with strong security both in the public consciousness and within the industry. Part of the reason…
Facial recognition systems can be vulnerable to deep morphing, researchers say
Some 95 percent of deepfakes are accepted by biometric facial recognition systems, found a study conducted by Pavel Korshunov and…
