Google steps up battle on ‘deepfakes’ with data release

The tech giant is releasing 'a large dataset of visual deepfakes we've produced' that can be used as benchmarks to determine if a video has been altered. — Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO: Google said Sept 25 it was stepping up efforts to battle "deepfakes" by releasing new data to help researchers detect videos manipulated by artificial intelligence.

The tech giant is releasing "a large dataset of visual deepfakes we've produced" that can be used as benchmarks to determine if a video has been altered.