Editing Organizations, studies and events against synthetic human-like fakes

Here you can find [[#Organizations against synthetic human-like fakes|organizations]], [[#Studies against synthetic human-like fakes|studies]] and [[#Events against synthetic human-like fakes|events]] against [[synthetic human-like fakes]] and also [[#Organizations for media forensics|organizations and curricula for media forensics]].

The [[Synthetic human-like fakes#Timeline of synthetic human-like fakes|SSFWIKI timeline of synthetic human-like fakes]] lists both positive and negative developments in reverse chronological order.

For laws in effect and bills in planning against synthetic filth see [[Laws against synthesis and other related crimes]].

<section begin=core organizations />
= Organizations against synthetic human-like fakes =
== AI incident repositories ==
* <section begin=incidentdatabase.ai />The [https://incidentdatabase.ai/ ''''''AI Incident Database'''''' at incidentdatabase.ai] was introduced on 2020-11-18 by the [[w:Partnership on AI]].<ref name="PartnershipOnAI2020">https://www.partnershiponai.org/aiincidentdatabase/</ref><section end=incidentdatabase.ai />

* <section begin=AIAAIC.org />[https://www.aiaaic.org '''Artificial Intelligence Algorithmic Automation Incidents Controversies''' at aiaaic.org]<ref group="contact">
Contact '''Artificial Intelligence Algorithmic Automation Incidents Controversies''' ('''AIAAIC''') at aiaaic.org

* https://www.aiaaic.org/contact

'''Snail mail'''
* AIAAIC
* The Bradfield Centre
* 184 Cambridge Science Park
* Cambridge, CB4 0GA
* United Kingdom

* Email  info [at] aiaaic.org
* https://www.linkedin.com/company/aiaaic/
* https://twitter.com/AIcontroversy
* Hashtag #AIcontroversy 

</ref><ref group="contacted">
Contacted '''Artificial Intelligence Algorithmic Automation Incidents Controversies''' ('''AIAAIC''') at aiaaic.org

* 2022-01-04 | Sent them email to info [at] aiaaic.org mentioning their site is down and thanking them for their effort
* 2022-01-04 | Received reply from Charlie. Replied back asking what is "AIAAIC" short for and Charlie Pownall responded "''Artificial Intelligence Algorithmic Automation Incidents Controversies''"

</ref> was founded by Charlie Pownall. The [https://www.aiaaic.org/aiaaic-repository '''AIAAIC repository''' at aiaaic.org] contains tons of reporting on different problematic uses of AI.<section end=AIAAIC.org /> The domain name aiaaic.org was registered on Tuesday 2021-02-23.<ref>whois aiaaic.org</ref>. The AIAAIC repository is a free, open resource which anyone can use, copy redistribute and adapt under the terms of its [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license].<ref>https://charliepownall.com/ai-algorithimic-incident-controversy-database/</ref> 
 
* <section begin=oecd.ai />[https://oecd.ai/en/ '''The OECD.AI Policy Observatory''' at oecd.ai], in conjunction with the Patrick J McGovern Foundation, provide the [https://oecd.ai/en/incidents '''OECD AI Incidents Monitor''' ('''AIM''') at oecd.ai]<section end=oecd.ai /> 

* <section begin=AJL.org />The [[w:Algorithmic Justice League]] is also accepting reports of AI harms at [https://report.ajl.org/ report.ajl.org]<section end=AJL.org />

== Help for victims of image or audio based abuse ==
<section begin=cybercivilrights.org />* [https://cybercivilrights.org/ '''Cyber Civil Rights Initiative''' at cybercivilrights.org], a US-based NGO.<ref group="contact" name="CCRI">
Contact '''Cyber Civil Rights Initiative''' at cybercivilrights.org

* Contact form https://cybercivilrights.org/contact-us/

* CCRI is located in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.

* https://twitter.com/CCRInitiative
* https://www.instagram.com/ccrinitiative/
* https://www.facebook.com/CyberCivilRightsInitiative

</ref> [https://cybercivilrights.org/about/ '''History / Mission / Vision''' of cybercivilrights.org]. [https://cybercivilrights.org/faqs-usvictims/ '''''Get help now''''' - '''CCRI Safety Center''' at cybercivilrights.org] - '''CCRI Image Abuse Helpline''' - ''If you are a victim of Image- Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA), please call the CCRI Image Abuse Helpline at 1-844-878-2274, which is available free of charge, 24/7.''
<section begin=cybercivilrights.org law compilations />* [https://cybercivilrights.org/existing-laws/ '''Existing Nonconsensual Pornography, Sextortion, and Deep Fake Laws''' at cybercivilrights.org]
** [https://cybercivilrights.org/deep-fake-laws/ '''Deep Fake Laws''' in the USA at cybercivilrights.org]
** [https://cybercivilrights.org/sextortion-laws/ '''Sextortion Laws''' in the USA at cybercivilrights.org]
** [https://cybercivilrights.org/nonconsensual-pornagraphy-laws/ '''Nonconsensual Pornography Laws''' in the USA at cybercivilrights.org]<section end=cybercivilrights.org law compilations /><section end=cybercivilrights.org />

* <section begin=Report Remove />[https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/remove-nude-image-shared-online/ '''Report Remove: ''Remove a nude image shared online''''' at childline.org.uk]<ref group="1st seen in">https://www.iwf.org.uk/our-technology/report-remove/</ref>. Report Remove is a service for under 19 yr olds by [[w:Childline]], a UK service by [[w:National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC) and powered by technology from the [[w:Internet Watch Foundation]]. - ''Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through.'' Info on [https://www.iwf.org.uk/our-technology/report-remove/ '''Report Remove''' at iwf.org.uk]<section end=Report Remove />

== Awareness and countermeasures ==
* [https://www.iwf.org.uk/ The '''Internet Watch Foundation''' at iwf.org.uk]<ref group="contact">
The '''Internet Watch Foundation''' at iwf.org.uk

From https://www.iwf.org.uk/contact-us/

'''Snail mail'''

* Internet Watch Foundation
* Discovery House
* Vision Park
* Chivers Way
* Histon
* Cambridge
* CB24 9ZR
* UK

* Office Phone +44 (0)1223 20 30 30. - Phone lines are open between 8:30 - 16:30 Monday to Friday (UK time)
* Media enquiries Email media [at] iwf.org.uk



</ref> - The [[w:Internet Watch Foundation]] is a UK charity that seeks to to minimise the availability of online sexual abuse content, specifically child sexual abuse images and videos hosted anywhere in the world and non-photographic child sexual abuse images hosted in the UK. [https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-us/ "About us" at iwf.org.uk], [https://www.iwf.org.uk/our-technology/ "Our technology" at iwf.org.uk]

* [https://www.partnershiponai.org/ '''Partnership on AI''' at partnershiponai.org] ([https://www.partnershiponai.org/contact/ contact form])<ref group="contact">

'''Partnership on AI''' at partnershiponai.org

Contact
* https://www.partnershiponai.org/contact/

Mail
* Partnership on AI
* 115 Sansome St, Ste 1200,
* San Francisco, CA 94104 
* USA

</ref> is based in the USA and funded by technology companies. They provide [https://www.partnershiponai.org/resources/ resources] and have a vast amount and high caliber of [https://www.partnershiponai.org/partners/ partners]. See [[w:Partnership on AI]] and [https://www.linkedin.com/company/partnershipai/ Partnership on AI on LinkedIn.com] for more info.

* [https://lab.witness.org/ '''The WITNESS Media Lab''' at lab.witness.org] by [[w:Witness (organization)]][https://www.witness.org/get-involved/ contact form]) ([https://www.witness.org/get-involved/ contact form])<ref group="contact">

* '''WITNESS''' (Media Lab)
* Contact form https://www.witness.org/get-involved/ incl. mailing list subscription possiblity


* WITNESS 
* 80 Hanson Place, 5th Floor
* Brooklyn, NY 11217
* USA


* Phone: 1.718.783.2000


</ref>, a human rights non-profit organization based out of Brooklyn, New York, is against synthetic filth actively since 2018. They work both in awareness raising as well as media forensics.
** [https://lab.witness.org/projects/osint-digital-forensics/ '''Open-source intelligence digital forensics''' - ''How do we work together to detect AI-manipulated media?'' at lab.witness.org]. "''In February '''2019''' WITNESS in association with [[w:George Washington University]] brought together a group of leading researchers in [[Glossary#Media forensics|media forensics]] and [[w:detection]] of [[w:deepfakes]] and other [[w:media manipulation]] with leading experts in social newsgathering, [[w:User-generated content]] and [[w:open-source intelligence]] ([[w:OSINT]]) verification and [[w:fact-checking]].''" (website)
** [https://lab.witness.org/projects/synthetic-media-and-deep-fakes/ '''Prepare, Don’t Panic: Synthetic Media and Deepfakes''' at lab.witness.org] is a summary page for WITNESS Media Lab's ongoing work against synthetic human-like fakes. Their work was launched in '''2018''' with the first multi-disciplinary convening around deepfakes preparedness which lead to the writing of the [http://witness.mediafire.com/file/q5juw7dc3a2w8p7/Deepfakes_Final.pdf/file  '''report''' “'''Mal-uses of AI-generated Synthetic Media and Deepfakes: Pragmatic Solutions Discovery Convening'''”] (dated 2018-06-11). [https://blog.witness.org/2018/07/deepfakes/ '''''Deepfakes and Synthetic Media: What should we fear? What can we do?''''' at blog.witness.org]

* '''[[w:Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography]]''' could be interested in taking down payment possibilities also for sites distributing non-consensual synthetic pornography.

* [https://www.realitydefender.ai/ '''Reality Defender''' at realitydefender.ai] - ''Enterprise-Grade Deepfake Detection Platform'' for many stakeholders

[[File:Connie Leyva 2015.jpg|thumb|right|240px|[[w:California]] [[w:California State Senate|w:Senator]] [[w:Connie Leyva]] sponsored [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB564&showamends=false '''California Senate Bill SB 564''' - ''Depiction of individual using digital or electronic technology: sexually explicit material: cause of action''] in Feb '''2019'''. It is identical to Assembly Bill 602 authored by [[w:Marc Berman]]. The bill was [https://www.sagaftra.org/action-alert-support-california-bill-end-deepfake-porn endorsed by SAG-AFTRA]. It became law on 1 January 2020 in the [[w:California Civil Code|w:California Civil Code]] of the [[w:California Codes]].]]

*  '''Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists''' - '''[[w:SAG-AFTRA]]''' ([https://www.sagaftra.org/ sagaftra.org] [https://servicesagaftra.custhelp.com/app/ask contact form]<ref group="contact">

* '''Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists''' at https://www.sagaftra.org/


* Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
* 5757 Wilshire Boulevard, 7th Floor
* Los Angeles, California 90036 
* USA


* Phone: 1-855-724-2387
* Email: info@sagaftra.org


* https://www.sagaftra.org/contact-us
</ref> [https://www.sagaftra.org/action-alert-support-california-bill-end-deepfake-porn SAG-AFTRA ACTION ALERT: '''"Support California Bill to End Deepfake Porn"''' at sagaftra.org '''endorses'''] [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB564 California Senate Bill SB 564] introduced to the  [[w:California State Senate]] by [[w:California]] [[w:Connie Leyva|w:Senator Connie Leyva]] in Feb '''2019'''.

== Organizations for media forensics ==

[[File:DARPA_Logo.jpg|thumb|right|240px|The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as [[w:DARPA]] has been active in the field of countering synthetic fake video for longer than the public has been aware of the problems existing.]]

* '''[[w:DARPA]]''' ([https://www.darpa.mil/ darpa.mil]) [https://contact.darpa.mil/ contact form]<ref group="contact">
* '''The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency'''
* Contact form https://contact.darpa.mil/

* Email: outreach@darpa.mil

* Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
* 675 North Randolph Street
* Arlington, VA 22203-2114

* Phone  1-703-526-6630


</ref>[https://www.darpa.mil/program/media-forensics '''DARPA program''': ''''Media Forensics'''' ('''MediFor''') at darpa.mil] aims to develop technologies for the automated assessment of the integrity of an image or video and integrating these in an end-to-end media forensics platform. Archive.org first crawled their homepage in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160630154819/https://www.darpa.mil/program/media-forensics June '''2016''']<ref name="IA-MediFor-2016-crawl">https://web.archive.org/web/20160630154819/https://www.darpa.mil/program/media-forensics</ref>.

* [https://www.darpa.mil/program/semantic-forensics '''DARPA program''': ''''Semantic Forensics'''' ('''SemaFor''') at darpa.mil] aims to counter synthetic disinformation by developing systems for detecting semantic inconsistencies in forged media. They state that they hope to create technologies that "will help identify, deter, and understand adversary disinformation campaigns". More information at [[w:Duke University]]'s [https://researchfunding.duke.edu/semantic-forensics-semafor '''Research Funding database: Semantic Forensics (SemaFor)''' at researchfunding.duke.edu] and some at [https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=319894 '''Semantic Forensics grant opportunity''' (closed Nov 2019) at grants.gov]. Archive.org first cralwed their website in [https://web.archive.org/web/20191108090036/https://www.darpa.mil/program/semantic-forensics November '''2019''']<ref name="IA-SemaFor-2019-crawl">https://web.archive.org/web/20191108090036/https://www.darpa.mil/program/semantic-forensics November</ref>

* '''[[w:University of Colorado Denver]]''''s College of Arts & Media<ref group="contact">
* '''National Center for Media Forensics''' at https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu


* Email: CAM@ucdenver.edu


* College of Arts & Media
* National Center for Media Forensics
* CU Denver
* Arts Building
* Suite 177
* 1150 10th Street
* Denver, CO 80204
* USA


* Phone  1-303-315-7400


</ref> is the home of the [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/about-the-national-center-for-media-forensics '''National Center for Media Forensics''' at artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu] at the [[w:University of Colorado Denver]] offers a [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/media-forensics-graduate-program Master's degree program], [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/training-courses training courses] and [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/national-center-for-media-forensics-research scientific basic and applied research]. [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/faculty-staff Faculty staff at the NCMF]

* [https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/watt/hub/index.html '''Media Forensics Hub''' at clemson.edu]<ref group="contact">

* '''Media Forensics Hub''' at Clemson University clemson.edu


* Media Forensics Hub
* Clemson University
* Clemson, South Carolina 29634
* USA


* Phone 1-864-656-3311

</ref> at the Watt Family Innovation Center of the '''[[w:Clemson University]]''' has the aims of promoting multi-disciplinary research, collecting and facilitating discussion and ideation of challenges and solutions. They provide [https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/watt/hub/resources/ resources], [https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/watt/hub/connect-collab/research.html research], [https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/watt/hub/connect-collab/education.html media forensics education] and are running a [https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/watt/hub/connect-collab/wg-disinfo.html '''Working Group''' on '''disinformation'''].<ref group="contact">mediaforensics@clemson.edu</ref><section end=core organizations />

<section begin=other organizations />
== Organizations possibly against synthetic human-like fakes ==

Originally harvested from the study [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/634452/EPRS_STU(2020)634452_EN.pdf The ethics of artificial intelligence: Issues and initiatives (.pdf)]  by the [[w:European Parliamentary Research Service]], published on the [[w:Europa (web portal)]] in March 2020.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020">

{{cite web
 |url= https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/634452/EPRS_STU(2020)634452_EN.pdf
 |title= The ethics of artificial intelligence: Issues and initiatives
 |last= 
 |first=
 |date= March 2020
 |website= [[w:Europa (web portal)]]
 |publisher=[[w:European Parliamentary Research Service]]
 |access-date=2021-02-17
 |quote=This study deals with the ethical implications and moral questions that arise from the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.}}

</ref>

* [https://ieai.mcts.tum.de/ '''INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE''' at ieai.mcts.tum.de]<ref group="contact">

* '''INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE'''

Visitor’s address
* Marsstrasse 40
* D-80335 Munich

Postal address
* INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
* Arcisstrasse 21
* D-80333 Munich
* Germany

Email 
* ieai(at)mcts.tum.de

Website 
* https://ieai.mcts.tum.de

</ref> received initial funding from [[w:Facebook]] in 2019.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieaitum/ IEAI on LinkedIn.com]

* [https://ethical.institute/ '''The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning''' at ethical.institute]([https://ethical.institute/#contact contact form] asks a lot of questions)<ref group="contact">

'''The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning'''

Website https://ethical.institute/

Email

* a@ethical.institute
</ref><ref group="contacted">

Contacted '''The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning'''

* 2021-08-14 used the contact form at https://ethical.institute/#contact

</ref><ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-institute-for-ethical-machine-learning/ The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning on LinkedIn.com]

* [https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/research-the-institute-for-ethical-ai-in-education/ '''The Institute for Ethical AI in Education''' at buckingham.ac.uk]<ref group="contact">

* '''The Institute for Ethical AI in Education'''

From
* https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/contact-us

Mail
* The University of Buckingham
* The Institute for Ethical AI in Education
* Hunter Street
* Buckingham
* MK18 1EG
* United Kingdom

</ref><ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>

* [https://futureoflife.org/ '''Future of Life Institute''' at futureoflife.org] ([https://futureoflife.org/contact/ contact form] with also mailing list)<ref group="contact">

'''Future of Life Institute'''

Contact form
* https://futureoflife.org/contact/

* No physical contact info
</ref><ref group="contacted">
Contacted '''Future of Life Institute'''

* 2021-08-14 | Subscribed to newsletter

</ref> received funding from private donors.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> See [[w:Future of Life Institute]] for more info.

* [https://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/en/ '''The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence''' ('''JSAI''') at ai-gakkai.or.jp]<ref group="contact">

'''The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence'''

Contact info 
* https://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/en/about/info/

Mail
* The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
* 402, OS Bldg.
* 4-7 Tsukudo-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0821
* Japan

 Phone
* 03-5261-3401


</ref> Publication: Ethical guidelines.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>

* [https://ai-4-all.org/ '''AI4All''' at ai-4-all.org] ([https://ai-4-all.org/contact/ contact form] with also mailing list subscription) <ref group="contact">

* '''AI4ALL'''

Mail

* AI4ALL
* 548 Market St
* PMB 95333
* San Francisco, California 94104
* USA
</ref><ref group="contacted">
Contacted '''AI4ALL''':
* 2021-08-14 | Subscribed to mailing list

</ref> funded by [[w:Google]]<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai4allorg/ AI4All on LinkedIn.com]

* [https://thefuturesociety.org/ '''The Future Society''' at thefuturesociety.org] ([https://thefuturesociety.org/contact/ contact form] with also mailing list subscription)<ref group="contact">

* '''The Future Society''' at thefuturesociety.org

Contact
* https://thefuturesociety.org/contact/

* No physical contact info


</ref><ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>. Their activities include policy research, educational & leadership development programs, advisory services, seminars & summits and other special projects to advance the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies.  [https://www.linkedin.com/company/thefuturesociety/ The Future Society on LinkedIn.com]

* [https://ainowinstitute.org/ '''The Ai Now Institute''' at ainowinstitute.org] ([https://ainowinstitute.org/contact.html contact form] and possibility to subscribe to mailing list)<ref group="contact">

* '''The AI Now Institute''' at ainowinstitute.org

Contact 
* https://ainowinstitute.org/contact.html

Email
* info@ainowinstitute.org
</ref><ref group="contacted">
Contacted '''The AI Now Institute''' at ainowinstitute.org

* 2021-08-14 | Subscribed to mailing list

</ref> at [[w:New York University]]<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>. Their work is licensed under a '''Creative Commons''' Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-now-institute/about/ The Ai Now Institute on LinkedIn.com]

* [https://responsiblerobotics.org/ '''The Foundation for Responsible Robotics''' at responsiblerobotics.org] ([https://responsiblerobotics.org/contact/ contact form])<ref group="contact">

* '''The Foundation for Responsible Robotics''' at responsiblerobotics.org

Contact form
* https://responsiblerobotics.org/contact/

Email
* info@responsiblerobotics.org

</ref> is based in [[w:Netherlands]].<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> [https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundation-for-responsible-robotics/about/ The Foundation for Responsible Robotics on LinkedIn.com]

* [https://ai4people.eu/ '''AI4People''' at ai4people.eu] ([https://ai4people.eu/contact-us/ contact form])<ref group="contact">

* '''AI4People''' at ai4people.eu

Contact form
* https://ai4people.eu/contact-us/

* No physical contact info

</ref> is based in [[w:Belgium]] is a multi-stakeholder forum.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-for-people/ AI4People on LinkedIn.com]

* [https://aiethicsinitiative.org/ '''The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative''' at aiethicsinitiative.org] is a joint project of the [https://www.media.mit.edu/ MIT Media Lab] and the [https://cyber.harvard.edu/ Harvard Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society] and is based in the USA.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>

* [https://www.saidot.ai/ '''Saidot''' at saidot.ai] is a Finnish company offering a platform for AI transparency, explainability and communication.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> [https://www.linkedin.com/company/saidot/ Saidot on LinkedIn.com]

* [https://www.eu-robotics.net/ '''euRobotics''' at eu-robotics.net] is funded by the [[w:European Commission]].<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>

* [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/centre-for-data-ethics-and-innovation '''Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation''' at gov.uk], part of Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport is financed by the UK govt. [https://cdei.blog.gov.uk/ '''Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation Blog''' at cdei.blog.gov.uk]<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> [https://www.linkedin.com/company/centre-for-data-ethics-innovation/ Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation on LinkedIn.com]

* [http://sigai.acm.org/ '''ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence''' at sigai.acm.org] is a [[w:Special Interest Group]] on AI by [[w:Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]]. [http://sigai.acm.org/aimatters/blog/ ''''''AI Matters: A Newsletter of ACM SIGAI'' -blog''' at sigai.acm.org] and [http://sigai.acm.org/aimatters/ the newsletter that the blog gets its contents from]<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>

* [https://ethicsinaction.ieee.org/ '''IEEE Ethics in Action - in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems''' at ethicsinaction.ieee.org] (mailing list subscription on website)<ref group="contact">

* '''IEEE Ethics in Action - in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems''' at ethicsinaction.ieee.org

Email 
* aiopps@ieee.org


</ref>

* [https://www.counterhate.com/ '''The Center for Countering Digital Hate''' at counterhate.com] (subscribe to mailing list on website<ref group="contact">

Email
* info@counterhate.com
</ref><ref group="contacted">

Contacted '''The Center for Countering Digital Hate''' at counterhate.com

* 2021-08-14 | Subscribed to mailing list

</ref> is an international not-for-profit NGO that seeks to disrupt the architecture of online hate and misinformation with offices in London and Washington DC.

* [https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/counteringinfluenceoperations '''Partnership for Countering Influence Operations''' ('''PCIO''') at carnegieendowment.org] ([https://carnegieendowment.org/about/?fa=contact contact form])<ref group="contact">

* '''Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Partnership for Countering Influence Operations''' ('''PCIO''') at carnegieendowment.org

* Contact form https://carnegieendowment.org/about/?fa=contact

Mail
* Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
* Partnership for Countering Influence Operations
* 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW
* Washington, DC 20036-2103 
* USA

Phone
* 1-202-483-7600 

Fax 
* 1-202-483-1840

</ref> is a partnership by the [[w:Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]

* [https://www.unglobalpulse.org/ '''UN Global Pulse''' at unglobalpulse.org] is [[w:United Nations]] Secretary-General’s initiative on big data and artificial intelligence for development, humanitarian action, and peace.
* [https://www.humane-ai.eu/ '''humane-ai.eu'''] by [https://www.k4all.org/ '''Knowledge 4 All Foundation Ltd.''' at k4all.org]<ref group="contact">

*'''Knowledge 4 All Foundation Ltd.''' - https://www.k4all.org/
* Betchworth House
* 57-65 Station Road
* Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1DL
* UK

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== Services that should get back to the task at hand - FacePinPoint.com ==
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== Other essential developments ==
* [https://www.montrealdeclaration-responsibleai.com/ '''The Montréal Declaration for a Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence''' at montrealdeclaration-responsibleai.com]<ref group="contact">

* '''The Montréal Declaration for a Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence''' at montrealdeclaration-responsibleai.com

Phone
* 1-514-343-6111, ext. 29669

Email
* declaration-iaresponsable@umontreal.ca


</ref> and the same site in French [https://www.declarationmontreal-iaresponsable.com/ '''La Déclaration de Montéal IA responsable''' at declarationmontreal-iaresponsable.com]<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>
* [https://uniglobalunion.org/ '''UNI Global Union''' at uniglobalunion.org] is based in [[w:Nyon]], [[w:Switzerland]] and deals mainly with labor issues to do with AI and robotics.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/> [https://www.linkedin.com/company/uni-global-union/ UNI Global Union on LinkedIn.com]
* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/IST-2000-26048 '''European Robotics Research Network''' at cordis.europa.eu] funded by the [[w:European Commission]].<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>
* [https://www.eu-robotics.net/ '''European Robotics Platform''' at eu-robotics.net] is funded by the [[w:European Commission]]. See [[w:European Robotics Platform]] and [[w:List of European Union robotics projects#EUROP]] for more info.<ref group="1st seen in" name="EU-Parl-Ethical-AI-Study-2020"/>

= Studies against synthetic human-like fakes =

== Detecting deep-fake audio through vocal tract reconstruction ==
{{#lst:Detecting deep-fake audio through vocal tract reconstruction|what-is-it}}

== Protecting world leaders against deep fakes using facial, gestural, and vocal mannerisms ==
* {{#lst:Protecting world leaders against deep fakes using facial, gestural, and vocal mannerisms|what-is-it}}

== Protecting President Zelenskyy against deep fakes ==
* {{#lst:Protecting President Zelenskyy against deep fakes|what-is-it}}

== Other studies against synthetic human-like fakes ==
* [https://www.icct.nl/sites/default/files/2023-12/The%20Weaponisation%20of%20Deepfakes.pdf '''''The Weaponisation of Deepfakes - Digital Deception by the Far-Right''''' at icct.nl], an [[w:International Centre for Counter-Terrorism]] policy brief by Ella Busch and Jacob Ware. Published in December 2023.

* [https://media.defense.gov/2023/Sep/12/2003298925/-1/-1/0/CSI-DEEPFAKE-THREATS.PDF '''''Contextualizing Deepfake Threats to Organizations''''' - '''Cybersecurity Information Sheet''' at media.defense.gov]

* [https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/increasing_threats_of_deepfake_identities_0.pdf '''''Increasing Threats of Deepfake Identities''''' at dhs.gov] by the [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security]]

* [https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/AEP%20DeepFake%20PHASE2%20FINAL%20corrected20221006.pdf '''''Increasing Threats of Deepfake Identities''' – '''Phase 2: Mitigation Measures''''' at dhs.gov]

* [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-023-00657-0 '''''Deepfake Pornography and the Ethics of Non-Veridical Representations''''' at link.springer.com], a 2023 research article, published in [[w:Philosophy & Technology]] on 2023-08-23. (paywalled)

* [https://www.cbinsights.com/research/future-of-information-warfare/ ''''Disinformation That Kills: The Expanding Battlefield Of Digital Warfare'''' at cbinsights.com], a '''2020'''-10-21 research brief on disinformation warfare by [[w:CB Insights]], a private company that provides [[w:market intelligence]] and [[w:business analytics]] services

* [https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.06564 ''''Media Forensics and DeepFakes: an overview'''' at arXiv.org] [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.06564.pdf (as .pdf at arXiv.org)], an overview on the subject of digital look-alikes and media forensics published in August '''2020''' in [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=9177372 Volume 14 Issue 5 of IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing]. [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9115874 ''''Media Forensics and DeepFakes: An Overview'''' at ieeexplore.ieee.org] (paywalled, free abstract)

* [https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1333&context=dltr ''''DEEPFAKES: False pornography is here and the law cannot protect you'''' at scholarship.law.duke.edu] by Douglas Harris, published in [https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dltr/vol17/iss1/ Duke Law & Technology Review - Volume 17 on '''2019'''-01-05] by [[w:Duke University]] [[w:Duke University School of Law]]

'''Legal information compilations'''
{{#lst:Laws against synthesis and other related crimes|anti-fake-law-compilations}}

More studies can be found in the [[Synthetic human-like fakes#Timeline of synthetic human-like fakes|SSFWIKI Timeline of synthetic human-like fakes]]

''' Search for more '''
* [[w:Law review]]
** [[w:List of law reviews in the United States]]

''' Reporting against synthetic human-like fakes '''
* [https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/06/18/researchers-use-facial-quirks-to-unmask-deepfakes/ ''''''Researchers use facial quirks to unmask ‘deepfakes’'''''' at news.berkeley.edu] 2019-06-18 reporting by Kara Manke published in '' Politics & society, Research, Technology & engineering''-section in Berkley News of [[w:University of California, Berkeley|w:UC Berkeley]].

''' Companies against synthetic human-like fakes '''
See [[resources]] for more.

* '''[https://cyabra.com/ Cyabra.com]''' is an AI-based system that helps organizations be on the guard against disinformation attacks<ref group="1st seen in" name="ReutersDisinfomation2020">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-deepfake-activist/deepfake-used-to-attack-activist-couple-shows-new-disinformation-frontier-idUSKCN24G15E</ref>. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-deepfake-activist/deepfake-used-to-attack-activist-couple-shows-new-disinformation-frontier-idUSKCN24G15E Reuters.com reporting] from July 2020.

= Events against synthetic human-like fakes =
== Upcoming events ==
In reverse chronological order  

== Ongoing events ==

* '''2020 - ONGOING''' | '''[[w:National Institute of Standards and Technology]]''' ('''NIST''') ([https://www.nist.gov/ nist.gov]) ([https://www.nist.gov/about-nist/contact-us contacting NIST]) | Open Media Forensics Challenge presented in [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/open-media-forensics-challenge '''Open Media Forensics Challenge''' at nist.gov] and [https://mfc.nist.gov/ '''Open Media Forensics Challenge''' ('''OpenMFC''') at mfc.nist.gov]<ref group="contact">

Email:
* mfc_poc@nist.gov

</ref> - ''Open Media Forensics Challenge Evaluation (OpenMFC) is an open evaluation series organized by the NIST to assess and measure the capability of media forensic algorithms and systems.''<ref>https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/open-media-forensics-challenge</ref>

== Past events ==
* '''2023''' | [https://worldantibullyingforum.com '''World Anti-Bullying Forum'''] October 25-27 in North Carolina, U.S.A. 

* '''2022''' | '''[[w:European Conference on Computer Vision]]''' in Tel Aviv, Israel

* '''2022''' | [https://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2022/ '''HotNets 2022: Twenty-First ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks''' at conferences.sigcomm.org] - November 14-15, 2022 — Austin, Texas, USA. Presented at HotNets 2022 was a very interesting paper on [https://farid.berkeley.edu/downloads/publications/hotnets22.pdf ''''''Global Content Revocation on the Internet: A Case Study in Technology Ecosystem Transformation'''''' at farid.berkeley.edu]


* '''2022''' | [https://www.interspeech2022.org/ '''INTERSPEECH 2022''' at interspeech2022.org] organized by [[w:International Speech Communication Association]] was held on 18-22 September 2022 in Korea. The work [https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.15563 ''''''Attacker Attribution of Audio Deepfakes'''''' at arxiv.org] was presented there

* '''2022''' | [https://law.yale.edu/isp/events/technologies-deception '''Technologies of Deception''' at law.yale.edu], a conference hosted by the [[w:Information Society Project]] (ISP) was held at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, on March 25-26, 2022<ref>https://law.yale.edu/isp/events/technologies-deception</ref>

* '''2021''' | '''[[w:Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems]]''' [https://neurips.cc/ '''NeurIPS 2021''' at neurips.cc], was held virtually in December 2021. I haven't seen any good tech coming from there in 2021. On the problematic side [[w:StyleGAN]]3 was presented there.

* '''2021''' | '''[[w:Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition]] (CVPR)''' 2021 [https://cvpr2021.thecvf.com/ '''CVPR 2021''' at cvpr2021.thecvf.com]
** [https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/joshpreston/viz/CVPR2021/Dashboard1 '''CVPR 2021 research areas visualization by Joshua Preston''' at public.tableau.com]
** [https://sites.google.com/view/mediaforensics2021 2021   ''''Workshop on Media Forensics'''' in CVPR 2021 at sites.google.com], a '''June 2021''' workshop at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. 

* '''2020''' | [http://cvpr2020.thecvf.com/  '''CVPR''' 2020] |  [https://sites.google.com/view/wmediaforensics2020/home 2020 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition:  ''''Workshop on Media Forensics'''' at sites.google.com], a '''June 2020''' workshop at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. 

* '''2020''' | The winners of the [https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/12/facebook-detection-challenge-winners-spot-deepfakes-with-82-accuracy/ Deepfake Detection Challenge reach 82% accuracy in detecting synthetic human-like fakes]<ref name="VentureBeat2020">https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/12/facebook-detection-challenge-winners-spot-deepfakes-with-82-accuracy/</ref>

* '''2020''' | [https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2020/01/you-dont-say-ftc-workshop-voice-cloning-technologies '''''You Don't Say: An FTC Workshop on Voice Cloning Technologies''''' at ftc.gov] was held on Tuesday 2020-01-28 - [https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/29/ftc-voice-cloning-seminar-crime-use-cases-safeguards-ai-machine-learning/ reporting at venturebeat.com]

* '''2019''' | At the annual Finnish [[w:Ministry of Defence (Finland)|w:Ministry of Defence]]'s  '''Scientific Advisory Board for Defence''' ('''MATINE''') public research seminar, a research group presented their work [https://www.defmin.fi/files/4755/1315MATINE_seminaari_21.11.pdf ''''''Synteettisen median tunnistus''''''' at defmin.fi] (Recognizing synthetic media). They developed on earlier work on how to automatically detect synthetic human-like fakes and their work was funded with a grant from MATINE.

* '''2019''' | '''[[w:NeurIPS]] 2019''' | [[w:Facebook, Inc.]] [https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/artificial-intelligence/machine-learning/facebook-ai-launches-its-deepfake-detection-challenge '''"Facebook AI Launches Its Deepfake Detection Challenge"''' at spectrum.ieee.org] [[w:IEEE Spectrum]]. More reporting at [https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/11/facebook-microsoft-and-others-launch-deepfake-detection-challenge/ '''''"Facebook, Microsoft, and others launch Deepfake Detection Challenge"''''' at venturebeat.com]

* '''2019''' | '''[https://cvpr2019.thecvf.com/ CVPR 2019]''' | [https://sites.google.com/view/mediaforensics2019/home '''2019''' CVPR: ''''Workshop on Media Forensics'''']

* '''2017'''-'''2020''' | '''NIST'''  | [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge NIST: 'Media Forensics Challenge'''' ('''MFC''') at nist.gov], an iterative research challenge by the [[w:National Institute of Standards and Technology]] [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge-2019-0 the evaluation criteria for the 2019 iteration are being formed]. Succeeded by the '''Open Media Forensics Challenge'''.

* '''2018''' | '''[[w:European Conference on Computer Vision|w:European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)]]''' [https://sites.google.com/view/wocm2018/home ECCV 2018: ''''Workshop on Objectionable Content and Misinformation'''' at sites.google.com], a workshop at the '''2018''' [[w:European Conference on Computer Vision]] in [[w:Munich]] had focus on objectionable content detection e.g. [[w:nudity]], [[w:pornography]], [[w:violence]], [[w:hate]], [[w:Child sexual abuse|w:children exploitation]] and [[w:terrorism]] among others and to address misinformation problems when people are fed [[w:disinformation]] and they punt it on as misinformation. Announced topics included [[w:Outline of forensic science|w:image/video forensics]], [[w:detection]]/[[w:analysis]]/[[w:understanding]] of [[w:Counterfeit|w:fake]] images/videos, [[w:misinformation]] detection/understanding: mono-modal and [[w:Multimodality|w:multi-modal]], adversarial technologies and detection/understanding of objectionable content

* '''2018''' | '''NIST''' [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge-2018 NIST ''''Media Forensics Challenge 2018'''' at nist.gov] was the second annual evaluation to support research and help advance the state of the art for image and video forensics technologies – technologies that determine the region and type of manipulations in imagery (image/video data) and the phylogenic process that modified the imagery. 

* '''2017''' | '''NIST'''  [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/nimble-challenge-2017-evaluation NIST ''''Nimble Challenge 2017'''' at nist.gov]

* '''2016''' | '''Nimble Challenge 2016''' - NIST released the Nimble Challenge’16 (NC2016) dataset as the MFC program kickoff dataset, (where NC is the former name of MFC). <ref>https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/open-media-forensics-challenge</ref>

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= SSFWIKI proposed countermeasure to weaponized synthetic pornography: Outlaw unauthorized synthetic pornography (transcluded) =
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= SSFWIKI proposed countermeasure to weaponized synthetic pornography: Adequate Porn Watcher AI (concept) (transcluded) =
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= SSFWIKI proposed countermeasure to digital sound-alikes: Outlawing digital sound-alikes (transcluded) =
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== About this article ==

Transcluded in this article are
* [[FacePinPoint.com]], a crucial past service by Lionel Hagege
* [[Adequate Porn Watcher AI (concept)]], an AI concept practically identical with FacePinPoint.com
* [[Laws against synthesis and other related crimes#Law proposal to ban visual synthetic filth|A law proposal against synthetic non-consensual pornography]]
* [[Laws against synthesis and other related crimes#Law proposal to ban unauthorized modeling of human voice|A law proposal against digital sound-alikes]].  

In [[resources]] there are likely a few services that could fit here.

== Footnotes ==
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== Contact information ==
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