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Replacement laptop batteries and power adapters have a huge problem with counterfeiting as well. In most cases it's a lot easier to spot because e.g. they rearr
by fwipsy 1mo ago
Replacement laptop batteries and power adapters have a huge problem with counterfeiting as well. In most cases it's a lot easier to spot because e.g. they rearrange the logos.
Even if these techniques did not produce false positives on genuine products, I suspect that they would not scale well. If counterfeiters realized they were losing a lot of sales through AI detection, they will just use AI to catch the errors themselves.
- wgrover 1mo agoRegarding scaling - I think you're right if the AI mostly detects typos, like it did in this work. I'm hopeful that future AI models (perhaps trained for this purpose, not a general-purpose model like I used here) might be able to identify more subtle variations in e.g. injection molding patterns, the surface finish of a pill, things that would be hopefully a lot harder for counterfeiters to fix than a typo.
- harvey9 1mo agoWhy do they rearrange the logos anyway? Surely it isn't hard to scan a real one.
- fwipsy 1mo agoI think it's because their printing isn't quite as good as the genuine one. They need to scale up the logos slightly for them to remain legible, which requires rearranging them to fit.