Facebook launches the Deepfake Detection Challenge

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The social network will use a database of tens of thousands of videos designed for the challenge.
Deepfake has become a global phenomenon that is sometimes difficult to control. Working with AI, this kind of video can be problematic in the sense that it is a vector of deception and various false information. If social networks like Snapchat are having fun, countries like China take the practice very seriously. The Middle Kingdom will prohibit the distribution of rigged videos from January 1, 2020, to preserve social order and the general interest. Facebook has decided to counter the phenomenon in its own way.
Facebook wants to strengthen the detection of deepfakes
The social network officially announced Wednesday, December 11, the launch of the Deepfake Detection Challenge (DFDC), an open challenge intended to strengthen the fight against deepfakes through the prism of the acceleration of the development of new technologies, capable of detecting rigged videos. and manipulated.
The challenge started at NeurIPS, a major conference in the field of AI, which takes place in Vancouver, Canada, until December 14. Facebook is providing participants with the full version of a new dataset of more than 100,000 videos created specifically to help track down deepfakes.

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