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You could start a startup building the specialized imaging sensors, with the aim of being acquired by $bigtech so they can tell congress "yes we are doing somet
by ShredKazoo 4y ago
You could start a startup building the specialized imaging sensors, with the aim of being acquired by $bigtech so they can tell congress "yes we are doing something about deepfakes" and eventually tell consumers "you can tell that photos taken by our devices/posted to our site are real, the other sites are full of BS"
I don't see how it all comes together without a partnership between the tech companies that display media (Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and the tech companies that provide hardware (Apple, Google, Samsung, etc.) Maybe what's needed is to go through a nonprofit like the Partnership on AI.
Google is an interesting target because they are basically the only company that's both a media displayer and a hardware provider. If Android devices get a "verified non-deepfake" capability before Apple devices get it, I could see that as being a significant leg up for Android actually. It encroaches on Apple's traditional branding of "we make products for important people". I wonder if the Titan M has capabilities which could be leveraged. https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/10/building-titan-better-security-through.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/10/building-t...
Google would probably sell loads of Pixel phones if it upranked "verified non-deepfake" Youtube videos recorded using Pixel cameras & microphones. Every aspiring Youtube star would know to record using a Pixel. The deepfake thing is a pretty good excuse to defend against an antitrust lawsuit, especially if Google can say that the capability will eventually roll out to competing hardware.