Subj : Worried about deepfakes? You should be  but Honor has an AI-power
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Jun 26 2024 12:45:05

Worried about deepfakes? You should be  but Honor has an AI-powered solution

Date:
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:33:43 +0000

Description:
Honor has debuted its innovative deepfake detection software at MWC Shanghai.

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For professional fraudsters, the rapid development of deepfake technology 
must feel like Christmas. Deepfake phishing attempts reportedly rose by 
3,000% in 2023, and the ever-increasing accessibility of generative AI tools 
like Midjourney and OpenAI will do little to reduce that figure in 2024. 

If youve ever encountered a deepfake video  whether of Tom Cruise dancing in 
his backyard or the CFO who tricked his employees into handing over $25 
million (neither, of course, were the real deal)  then youve likely done so 
on your smartphone. So what are smartphone companies doing to defend against 
the threat of face-stealing fraudsters? 

Honor, for its part, is fighting fire with fire. The company has announced 
plans to equip the best Honor phones with a new AI-powered Deepfake Detection 
feature that can identify and warn users against digitally manipulated 
content. The on-device tool will examine frame-by-frame information such as 
eye contact, lighting, image clarity and video playback to detect flaws that 
are imperceptible to the human eye. 

If inconsistencies are identified, the Deepfake Detection feature will 
trigger a popup that reads: Honor scam alert. It looks like the other person 
could be using AI to swap their face. A graphic illustrating Honor's Deepfake 
Detection feature (Image credit: Honor) 

This tool will be limited to video calls at launch  its intended as a defense 
against scammers, after all  but theres no reason to believe that Honor 
couldnt expand its capabilities to deepfake-filled social media platforms 
like X and Instagram. A new kind of retina display 

Honor is touting its new Deepfake Detection feature as proof of the potential 
of on-device AI, and the brand has also teased another on-device tool that 
aims to help reduce the risk of myopia (or nearsightedness). 

AI Defocus Eye Protection will essentially transform the best Honor phone 
displays into defocus glasses, which intentionally induce controlled defocus 
in the wearers peripheral visual field. 

In other words, new and upcoming Honor phones will track users eyesight to 
defocus peripheral areas of the screen, helping them to maintain clear 
central vision and reducing the risk of nearsightedness. A graphic 
illustrating Honor's Defocus Eye Protection technology (Image credit: Honor) 

Honor says its AI Defocus Eye Protection technology can decrease transient 
myopia by 13 degrees on average after reading for 25 minutes, which makes it 
sound like less of a gimmick and more like a genuinely useful application of 
on-device AI. 

Both of these new features were announced at MWC Shanghai, and arent yet 
available for widespread use. As with Honors eye-tracking technology , we 
expect both Deepfake Detection and Defocus Eye Protection to be exclusive to 
the brands current top-end smartphones, though theres also a chance that 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/honor-phones/worried-about-deepfakes-you-shou
ld-be-but-honor-has-an-ai-powered-solution


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