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Facebook, Microsoft launch contest to detect deepfake videos

By Elizabeth Culliford on Sep 6, 2019 12:21PM
Facebook, Microsoft launch contest to detect deepfake videos

After House Intelligence Committee Chairman demanded details of countermeasure plans.

Facebook Inc is teaming up with Microsoft Corp , the Partnership on AI coalition and academics from several universities to launch a contest to better detect deepfakes, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. The social media giant is putting US$10 million into the "Deepfake Detection ...

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