Top AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos: ‘We are outgunned’
!["" Real and Deepfake of headshots of Donald Trump](/sites/default/files/styles/cinema_large_default_1x/public/2021-03/screen_shot_2021-03-03_at_12.41.14_pm.png?h=0de73149&itok=6FVCk04x)
Top artificial-intelligence researchers across the country are racing to defuse an extraordinary political weapon: computer-generated fake videos that could undermine candidates and mislead voters during the 2020 presidential campaign.
And they have a message: We’re not ready.
In AI circles, identifying fake media has long received less attention, funding and institutional backing than creating it: Why sniff out other people’s fantasy creations when you can design your own? “There’s no money to be made out of detecting these things,” said Nasir Memon, a professor of computer science and engineering at New York University.