This Kennard dude has his hands into a lot of pots – here’s some more

Kennard is on the Global AI Council for the AI Foundation

Global AI Council

The Honorable William Kennard - VELOCITAS PARTNERS

https://aifoundation.com/about/

Building on our Sustainable AI framework and community, The Reality Defender platform utilizes independent AI-based and human-vetted analysis. Through applying a series of synthetic media detection algorithms, it locates inconsistencies that might indicate manipulated content (“faked”). As it evolves, Reality Defender™ remains dedicated to monitoring media and fighting misinformation.

Partners - Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and others

Reality Defender

https://rd2020.org/#what

It’s partnering with the San Francisco-based AI Foundation to make the tool available to organizations involved in the democratic process this year — including news outlets and political campaigns.

It says the digital watermarking tech will be tested by Project Origin with the aim of developing it into a standard that can be adopted broadly.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/02/microsoft-launches-a-deepfake-detector-tool-ahead-of-us-election/

Project Origin attaches a digital watermark to media originating from an authentic content creator, a watermark that degrades when content has been manipulated. When fielded, audiences will see an indicator of authenticity, along with a message on the content or in the browser. This is to ensure audiences know the content, such as video, was actually produced by its purported source, and has not been manipulated for other purposes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/trusted-news-initiative

https://fintel.io/i/velocitas-partners