Microsoft Is Offering to Help US Politicians Crack Down on Deepfakes
- Tool offering comes as concerns grow over fake photos, videos
- Microsoft says Russia is ‘huge’ cyber, disinformation threat
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Microsoft Corp. is offering US politicians and campaign groups a tool aimed at helping fight the rise of deepfakes ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
The new tool will allow parties to authenticate their videos and photos with so-called watermark credentials, Microsoft President Brad Smith said on the company’s blog early Wednesday. Using cryptography, the service would create a permanent record of an image or video, allowing anyone on the web to see whether it has been digitally altered or generated using artificial intelligence over time, Smith said.