Microsoft launches Video Authenticator to detect deepfake media

Microsoft has introduced new software that aims to help people detect deepfake photos and videos. Called Video Authenticator, the application gives a confidence score sorts to help users identify whether the media is artificially manipulated. The launch of the new platform comes ahead of presidential elections in the US.

Microsoft said that the new technology can provide the confidence score or percentage change in real-time on each frame as the media plays. The application can detect the blending boundary used by deepfakes. It can also spot nuances such as fading or grayscale which may be missed by the human eye.