Army college develops deep fake detection AI model, at testing phase

 Hyderabad: Officials of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), run by the Indian Army at Secunderabad, said engineers at the college successfully developed an AI model to detect deep fakes and that the same has already been tested on around 1.4 lakh data sets.

Doctored videos and images with pictures of Army officials, public representatives or celebrities, having provocative and fake content, can be easily identified with this model and the same can be used for preventing damage to public order.

According to MCEME officials, the AI model gave positive results during tests at its campus in the city. Currently, the Army has started proceedings for testing the model on a large scale, at different field levels. Once the field testing is completed, these detection devices could be installed at Army installations across the country, more particularly in bases at borders.

Based on the requirement, these devices could be supplied to other government departments to secure vital installations across the country.

“This model will be very effective in access controls and preventing unauthorised entry into the secured premises. At MCEME, we are also working on developing various fake detection algorithms to serve different purposes,” the MCEME said in a statement.