Britain to work with Microsoft to build deepfake detection system


A woman uses a smartphone in London, Britain, October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Britain will ‌work with Microsoft, academics and experts to develop a system ‌to spot deepfake material online, the government said on Thursday, as ‌it moves to set standards for tackling harmful and deceptive AI-generated content.

While manipulated material has circulated online for decades, the rapid adoption of generative AI chatbots - made possible through ‍the launch of ChatGPT and others - has amplified ‍concerns about the scale and ‌realism of deepfakes.

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