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This a a grant program running by DARPA called Semantic Forensics. [1] > The Semantic Forensics (SemaFor) program will develop technologies to automatically de
by zaroth 7y ago
This a a grant program running by DARPA called Semantic Forensics. [1]
> The Semantic Forensics (SemaFor) program will develop technologies to automatically detect, attribute, and characterize falsified multi-modal media assets (text, audio, image, video) to defend against large-scale, automated disinformation attacks.
The primary use case for this is election security, but more generally being able to detect and defend against an adversary trying to seed political discord with fake accounts, or fake news, so-called "deep fakes", etc.
[1] - https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=319894 https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppI...
- dmix 7y agoBy "unleashing the military" they mean a DARPA research program. Straight to the top of HN!
- lwansbrough 7y agoTangentially related: what's the name for the approach where you analyze word choices and sentence structure in order to fingerprint a person?
- danjc 7y agoForensic linguistics? This technique was invented during the manhunt for the Unabomber. Features in the Netflix series of the same name.
- FireBeyond 7y agoForensic linguistics or linguistic fingerprinting.
- eukaryote31 7y agoStylometry?
- lwansbrough 7y agoThat's the one, thanks!