Alphabet Creates Service to Recognize Fake Photos

Jigsaw, a company owned by Alphabet (Google's parent company), has introduced a free service called Assembler, designed to determine the authenticity of photographs and recognize traces of editing on them.

The program can detect both photo merging or copying of objects, as well as deepfakes created using neural networks. Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Maryland, and the University of Naples in Italy were involved in the development of Assembler.

Assembler, according to its creators, is primarily aimed at helping news agency journalists identify fakes from social networks. Some major media outlets are currently participating in its testing, including Agence France-Presse.

There are no plans to release Assembler for widespread use.