Nikos Sarris
@nikossarris
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Research engineer working in media related initiatives - no longer posting here
Athens, Greece
Joined October 2009
We released today a new version v0.82 of our verification plugin (@InVID_EU @WeVerify @veraai_eu) with enhanced layout and improvement of synthetic image detection (using @meverteam near duplicate search to enhance results on degraded copies or screenshots of synthetic images)
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We're testing two new features today: our image editor for uploaded images and image re-texturing for exploring materials, surfacing, and lighting. Everything works with all our advanced features, such as style references, character references, and personalized models
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Annalisa Verdoliva and @sympap recently spoke at an @EBU_HQ webinar and talked about synthetic image detection. They also showcased their research that aims to counter just that (#disinformation and #syntheticmedia detection). View the recording here. 👇
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📢 Announcing the #AI4Media Technological & Research Highlights Booklets! Topics addressed: 🌍 Human- and Society-Centered AI 🚀 New Learning Paradigms & Distributed AI 🔐 Explainability, Robustness, and Privacy in AI 🎥 Content-Centered AI Discover more https://t.co/eEyWUOvJef
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📢Exciting News!🎉 We're thrilled to announce the release of the updated #AI4Media Strategic Research Agenda! 📄Updated in July 2024, our #SRA now includes a section on #GenAI & Large Language Models, examining key aspects relevant to media & society✨ 🔗 https://t.co/xPzJLUskBm
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About the - quite amazing - work of @ForensicArchi: investigations that matter and are "both art and evidence". Examples resconstructing what happened at #GrenfellTower and #Rafah. https://t.co/exV5ZYu0HP
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Founded by Eyal Weizman, it has produced reports into the shooting of a Black man in London and alleged human rights violations in Gaza
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Our @sympap & @olgpapa of @meverteam, @AAlaphilipp of @DisinfoEU and @fabiogiglietto Giglietto of @uniurbit / @mine_smd put together & led this report on #GenerativeAI and #Disinformation. Featuring tech developments, use cases, actors & countermeasures
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Elon Musk posts deepfake of Kamala Harris that violates X policy https://t.co/pj3Te5H3dY via @Verge
theverge.com
X doesn’t allow manipulated media that can confuse people.
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Just published on @EURLex: the 'Artificial Intelligence Act’ or ‘the AI Act’. The new law aims to foster the development and uptake of safe and trustworthy AI systems in the EU. It enters into effect on: 1 August. 🤖 https://t.co/dAjpZH390W
#DigitalEU #AIAct
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Is the news industry ready for another pivot to video? https://t.co/rpnfQlCpC0 via @NiemanLab
niemanlab.org
Aggregate data from 47 countries shows all the growth in platform news use coming from video or video-led networks.
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When I teach geolocation in workshops, I always show this map to underscore the power of digital tools in aggregate. SO many stories have come from this data. What @Cen4infoRes and @GeoConfirmed do is incredibly valuable.
Our map tracking Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has almost more than 20,000 geolocated videos and photos since 2022. All of the data is interactive and traceable on the map here: https://t.co/YzqXmL0KuY 👇
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Deepfake types and intended use across the globe according to the analysis by @dteyssou in @veraai_eu
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Check #MedDMO’s latest qualitative evaluation, which focuses on how Meta, Google, and TikTok implement the Code of Practice on #Disinformation to combat #misinformation in #Cyprus, #Greece, and #Malta. 👉 https://t.co/Zk2tuLRk8k
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Věra Jourová, VP of the European Commission for Values and Transparency is visiting Greece for an official visit as part of her Democracy Tour. Nikos Sarris, coordinator of #MedDMO is moderating the discussion.
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Our team contributed to a new white paper on #GenerativeAI and #Disinformation jointly with researchers from @ai4mediaproject , @veraai_eu , @ai4trust , and @TITAN_Thinking You can find the paper on @EDMO_EUI website: https://t.co/uE5r712LDF
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OpenAI announced SORA for highly realistic synthetic video generation from textual prompts
openai.com
Turn your ideas into videos with hyperreal motion and sound.
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New White Paper on Generative AI and Disinformation: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities
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Finance worker in Hong Kong pays out $25 million after being tricked by a deepfake video call
cnn.com
A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call,...
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Disinformation often gets blamed for swaying elections, but the research isn’t so clear https://t.co/MtI1gQyFHg via @NiemanLab
niemanlab.org
"Our belief in free will is ultimately a reason so many of us back democracy in the first place. Denying it can arguably be more damaging than a few fake news posts lurking on social media."
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