Data scientists at York St. John University have published a new tool for identifying fake images: Pixelator v2. The software can detect alternations as small as one pixel.

Article by Alex Scroxton for Computer Weekly.

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https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616231/Scientists-demonstrate-Pixelator-deepfake-image-verification-tool

#Verification#Images

Data scientists at York St. John University have published a new tool for identifying fake images: Pixelator v2. The software can detect alternations as small as one pixel.

Article by Alex Scroxton for Computer Weekly.

👇
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616231/Scientists-demonstrate-Pixelator-deepfake-image-verification-tool

#Verification#Images

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@LaurensHof
> Bluesky has launched a new verification system for their platform, with blue checkmarks

Their side quest to speed run the history of Titter continues : P

As @LaurensHof points out, once again they're claiming to "distribute power", while building infrastructure in ways that totally centralises power in their hands. It's getting hard to assume this is a good faith mistake, rather than a cynical reputation laundering strategy.

Unlike BlueSky, the fediverse offers tools for account verification that are not controlled by a single corporation, and has for years;

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/verification-in-the-fediverse/

#BlueSky #verification#AccountVerification