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Google's Jigsaw unveils new tools to detect manipulated images and deepfakes. @daveyalba

As the tech to create #deepfakes becomes increasingly plug-and-play, accessible to the average citizen, it's essential for detection to keep up.
nytimes.com/2020/02/04/tec…
The core tool is a collaborative research platform, Assembler, that brings in work from academic partners to detect manipulation.

"Fact-checkers and journalists need to understand if an image is manipulated and how much trust to put on that conclusion."
jigsaw.google.com/assembler/#app…
As emerging technologies put more sophisticated tools in the hands of purveyors of disinformation, it becomes more challenging to weed out fact from fiction -- but it's something our democracy depends on.

latimes.com/politics/story…
"Disinformation today entails sophisticated, targeted influence campaigns, often launched by governments, with the goal of influencing societal, economic, and military events around the world."

medium.com/jigsaw/disinfo…
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