A increase in easily produced fake images and sound recordings meant to deceive viewers and listeners are prompting more intensive efforts to develop defenses against the perpetrators of these manipulated visuals and sounds — many of them altered by the use of artificial intelligence, or AI, technology. Visar Berisha, a professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Fulton Schools, leads a team that has created a tool to help solve the problem. The invention is microphone that authenticates human speech, making it easier to detect if voices are real or phony simulations. Named “OriginStory,” the device recently won the Federal Trade Commission’s Voice Cloning Challenge.

See also: New Techniques Emerge to Stop Audio Deepfakes, IEEE Spectrum, May 30
ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s ‘Sky” AI voice is similar to two more Hollywood stars, Times of India, June 3