Last Week in AI

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From the Editor: Facebook is Making Deepfakes to Fight Deepfakes

Deepfakes are one of the existential challenges of digital information distribution. Recent advancements in machine learning make possible to manipulate images and videos to create fake content that is indistinguishable from the real one. In order to get more efficient at detecting deepfakes, organizations need to create machine learning models that are as advanced as those generating the fake content. Can we fight fire with fire?

This week, Facebook announced that it will generating a new dataset of deepfakes in order to help artificial intelligence(AI) researchers train detection models. The social media giant will dedicate $10 million for funding the detection technology through grants and challenge prizes and was able to involve other technology powerhouses like Microsoft as well as top universities. Just like with the antivirus revolutions, to stop deepfakes we might need to get really good at creating them.