Development of SYNTHETIQ: Synthetic video detector, a program that automatically detects fake facial images generated by AI - Promoting research into AI video generation, fake media detection, and ensuring media reliability -

Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, Information and Systems Research Organization, National Institute of Informatics (NIINII, Director: Masaru Kiryukawa, Director of the International Research Center for Synthetic Media (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)EchizenEchizen MeritIsaoand Deputy DirectorYamagishiYamagishi JunichiJunichiThe research teamDeepfakeDeepfakeWe have developed "SYNTHETIQ: Synthetic video detector", a program that automatically detects fake face videos generated by AI, such as those shown in the video. The entire process of this program, from uploading the video to be detected to downloading the video showing the detection result, can be used as a web API. It is expected that the use of this web API will make it easy to realize AI-based web services, "AI as a service, AIaaS".

The results of this research were reported in collaboration with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JSTJSTThis technology was developed under the Strategic Basic Research Promotion Programs of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA; President: Hamaguchi Michinari; Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) under the projects "CREST VoicePersonae: Voice Identity Cloning and Protection (Principal Investigator: Yamagishi Junichi)" and "CREST Social Information Infrastructure Technology to Overcome the Infodemic (Principal Investigator: Echizen Isao)," as well as the project "Establishment of Technology to Detect Fake Media in Facial Images Generated by AI (Principal Investigator: Echizen Isao)" under the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) A-STEP (Tryout) Optimal Research Results Deployment Support Program.