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Microsoft has successfully developed a tool to detect deepfake images and videos online as it seeks to curb the spread of disinformation.

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Synthetic media, also known as deepfakes, are images, videos, or audios that are manipulated by artificial intelligence to look real. These videos are often quite convincing which makes them hard to detect.

Microsoft’s new tool called Video Authenticator and it is able to tell with “a percentage chance or confidence score” that media on the internet has been altered artificially. It can provide this percentage in real-time as each frame of the video plays. It works by detecting the blending boundaries around the deepfake and subtle fading or greyscale elements that might be invisible to the human eye.

#Deepfakes no more. Behold, the Microsoft Video Authenticator, a tool that can analyze a still photo or video and provide a percentage chance that the media is artificially manipulated. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/IINud4lWmE

— Microsoft On the Issues (@MSFTIssues) September 1, 2020