Researchers navigate facial recognition algorithm training with synthetic data
A new paper authored by a team from the Biometrics Security and Privacy group at the Idiap Research Institute explores…
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AI deepfakes are wreaking havoc on an unprepared financial industry
The identity of the firm targeted in a deepfake video scam that resulted in the loss of US$25 million has…
Nations and companies line up defenses against AI deepfake fraud
Regulatory alarms are sounding on new risks presented by deepfake technology and the concurrent spike in AI-driven fraud. New security…
NIST data protection guidance, international standards follow Biden executive order
Following Joe Biden’s executive order for data protection at the end of February, the Department of Commerce has announced three…
Preventing AI-assisted deepfake fraud is becoming a major commercial industry
Deepfakes have become the latest technically challenging threat for the biometric security sector, as researchers and developers push fraud-protection tools…
Synthetic data model shows promise for biometric bias mitigation
The limitations of real-world biometric training datasets, including the introduction of bias through unbalanced demographic representation, are well established. Synthetic…
Humans more likely to notice fakes among familiar faces, research suggests
Deepfakes and synthetic data, and how they impact biometric systems was the focus of the Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Annual Workshop…
Biometrics could be a fix for the growing headache of synthetic ID fraud
Biometrics and digital ID firms are responding to a significant uptick in synthetic identity fraud, which uses generative AI and…
US Homeland Security asking after synthetic data systems
Synthetic data – probably including biometric identifiers — has become a must-have for U.S. security officials. The Department of Homeland…
AI speeds synthetic identity fraud, enabling human-like interactions
Fake identities are driving a boom in financial fraud. A new study has shown that fraud involving AI-generated identities has…
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