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Truepic, which just raised $26M in a Microsoft-led round, aims to verify the authenticity of photos and videos

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The startup’s technology acquires “provenance” data (such as origin, contents and metadata) about photos and videos and uses cryptography to protect the images from tampering before they reach the intended recipients. . We believe that detection of fake images and videos will not be viable or scalable.

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iCIMS acquires video recruiting startup Altru for $60M

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” Lucas sees video as a key piece of the solution, allowing companies to bring more “authenticity” to what can be a stuffy and bureaucratic process. to improve recruiting with employee videos. Just over a month ago, iCIMS announced another acquisition in this area — Paris-based Easyrecrue. Altru raises $1.3M

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Enhance speech synthesis and video generation models with RLHF using audio and video segmentation in Amazon SageMaker

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Audio and video segmentation provides a structured way to gather this detailed feedback, allowing models to learn through reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) and supervised fine-tuning (SFT). The path to creating effective AI models for audio and video generation presents several distinct challenges.

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Reduct.Video raises $4M to simplify video editing

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The team at Reduct.Video is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of videos created by businesses. “The magic starts there: Once the transcription has been made, every single word is connected to the [corresponding] moment in the video,” he said. That means editing a video is as simple as editing text.

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When voice deepfakes come calling

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And if they werent, multi-factor authentication (MFA), answers to security questions, and verbal passwords would solve the issue. Those days are behind us, as deepfake audio and video are no longer just for spoofing celebrities. A recent report found that fraudsters are not always trying to bypass authentication.

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Vyrill, winner of the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off, helps brands discover and leverage user-generated video reviews

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Vyrill helps brands discover and leverage video reviews created by authentic customers and users. The judges were impressed with Vyrill’s novel approach and innovative technology around discovering and filtering relevant videos. But the challenge is finding the ideal video quickly and efficiently.

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Using asynchronous video interviews to improve startup recruiting

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Sunny Saurabh is co-founder and CEO of Interviewer.AI , which produces optimized AI-powered video hiring software. Traditional interviews aren’t cutting it any longer, but asynchronous video interviews (AVI) are one alternative some companies are using to shortlist candidates while saving on cost and time.