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🔥 Reality Defender, Intel Ignite US cohort 4 alumni, are hiring! They’re looking for a superstar Head of Marketing to join their team 🤩 They are based in NYC, open to remote for the right candidate. As Head of Marketing you will: 💡 Plan and manage the marketing budget, ensuring optimal allocation of resources across channels 💡 Report on overall ROI of lead generation activities and engagement metrics 💡 Provide sales support through enablement initiatives for engagement, upsell, retention, referrals, and reactivation 💡 Implement robust attribution modeling for campaign impact measurement. 💡 Drive non-paid search and SEO initiatives for enhanced visibility Reality Defender is a groundbreaking security platform offering comprehensive deepfake detection. With models defending against present and future fabrication techniques, Reality Defender detects and deters fraudulent text, audio, and visual content, partnering with government agencies and enterprise clients to enhance security and detect fraud. For more information and to apply, visit this link: https://lnkd.in/dr6CRqKa Ben Colman Ali Shahriyari Gaurav Bharaj #IntelIgnite #IamIntel #Hiring #DeepFake #DeepTech

Starting today, Reality Defender can now detect multilingual audio (beginning with Spanish and Portuguese), pull in deepfakes from major social platforms to our web platform, and detect audio #deepfakes with greater accuracy. We also brought our UI into 2024, making it easier for any user at any skill level to detect deepfakes in seconds. Diana Hsieh, RD's Head of Product, wrote a wonderful deep dive into today's update — and what it means for deepfake detection — in today's Reality Defender Newsletter.

The Reality Defender team keeps a thorough accounting of all major and minor incidents of deepfakes abuse, AI safety incidents, and related generative AI security concerns. Our spreadsheet — once just a simple Google Sheet updated several times a day — used to only be available to a handful of journalists and industry professionals. It's now available for everyone to access. Starting today. Why are we making this public? Because at Reality Defender, we believe education, collaboration, and awareness are absolutely key in solving the ever-growing problem related to #deepfakes and weaponized #genai. The more we can surface this problem and its impacts, the more we can create powerful safeguards and generate solutions for a safer tomorrow.

I am thrilled to see Apple Intelligence, Apple's bold expansion into the world of generative AI. This new advancement is set to bring these capabilities to over 2 billion users overnight. Yet as we celebrate this innovation, it is essential to take a step back and assess the implications. Apple's Image Playground is an impressive on-device tool that allows for generative image creation. Siri is also supercharged with #generativeAI results, enabling text generation or rewriting. And when it comes to cloud-based models for tasks and tools that cannot be done locally, Apple has implemented robust privacy protections where user data is never stored, used only for requests, and handled on servers subject to continuous independent inspections. These safeguards are commendable, but we must acknowledge that they are not foolproof. Users will find creative ways to bypass these security measures. As we've seen with previous generative models, the cat-and-mouse game between developers and malicious actors is never-ending. The integration of ChatGPT into Apple devices also raises concerns. While users will be prompted for explicit permission each time an image or specific data is shared, this doesn't necessarily prevent misuse. Billions are not only exposed to the risk of their data being exploited by companies with questionable track records when it comes to user privacy and copyright; they have access to a tool that has been “jailbroken” countless times to generate abusive and harmful materials. Apple undoubtedly knows all of this, and, over the years, has shown a persistent and industry-leading approach to safeguarding user privacy — even if it comes at the expense of development. With this in mind, we applaud Apple's efforts to create powerful #GenAI tools with built-in privacy safeguards. Apple Intelligence is an exciting development, one that highlights the benefits and risks associated with generative artificial intelligence on a massive scale. As it sees a wide release, the Reality Defender team will continue to monitor any potential misuse or abuse of these powerful new tools. After all, it is our responsibility as the premier AI-generated content detection platform to help clients and users determine real from fake. With an expected sizable explosion in use of these tools upon the launch of Apple’s latest updates, followed by predicted misuse and abuse, Reality Defender will be ready to adapt and evolve to protect against said malicious activity as we have when new models and generative techniques are introduced to a wide audience. As we continue to navigate this rapidly evolving landscape, it is crucial for all stakeholders - developers, users, and regulators alike - to remain vigilant and proactive in addressing the potential threats associated with these powerful tools. By doing so, we can unlock the vast potential of generative AI while mitigating its risks, ultimately benefiting individuals and society as a whole.

Today, I joined X/Twitter. For the first time. In 2024. A sizable double digit percentage of AI-generated "slop" — particularly content used to defame, discredit, disinform, and demean — lives on this platform, and has (coincidentally) increased at an insanely fast clip in the last two-plus years. It is also an excellent place to discover, debate, and dive deep into developments related to our work at Reality Defender. And it's not going away (for now). As the social media landscape becomes more unfamiliar and uncertain in the face of generative AI developments (and, as of this writing, their near-total lack of regulations), it is important for myself and my team to shine a light on damaging incidents involving AI-generated content as they're happening and where they happen. While we do extensive work with media partners and shine a light on key incidents on the Reality Defender blog, bringing our reporting to "the room where it happened" will undoubtably help highlight the growing threats deepfakes and weaponized generative AI pose on companies, governments, people, and core tenets of society. To put it simply, a presence on X/Twitter will better highlight the #deepfake problem and corresponding solutions to millions — infinitely more than the platform's community notes can and will do. You can find me @BenColmanRD. I look forward to seeing you there.

As generative AI tools continue to evolve very fast, it is crucial that we remain vigilant and proactive in detecting and reporting deepfakes. At Reality Defender, we are doing our bit in building the technology for everyone. Humbled to be on The Guardian recently, for a case-study where a BBC presenter's deepfake voice was misused.