{"id":14039,"date":"2019-05-06T10:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T14:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=14039"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:27","slug":"dearborns-hafiz-malik-develops-tools-to-detect-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/06\/dearborns-hafiz-malik-develops-tools-to-detect-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dearborn&#8217;s Hafiz Malik develops tools to detect fake media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg\" alt=\"Hafiz sitting at his desk, looking at a computer.\" class=\"wp-image-14038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg 546w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><figcaption>(umdearborn.edu\/news)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hafiz Malik, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UM-Dearborn is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"developing tools  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/umdearborn.edu\/news\/all-news\/articles\/associate-professor-hafiz-malik-battling-future-fake-news\" target=\"_blank\">developing tools <\/a>to detect and fight against fake multimedia. He has already created a method that can detect computer-generated audio at near 100% accuracy and is now turning to fake multimedia detection in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the instantaneous nature of politics and social media, the only way to combat fake multimedia is to detect it nearly in real time.  Malik&#8217;s current tools are able to differentiate real from fake audio at the microscopic level with specific markers. These tools can be used by newsrooms, social media platforms, and smart speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think we are very close to a place where seeing is no longer believing. I already feel that way, personally. I don&#8217;t assume something is authentic unless I can verify it from multiple sources. It&#8217;s scary, but it&#8217;s the world we&#8217;re living in,&#8221; Malik says. He started his research in audio forensics in 2010 and focused on the vulnerability of technologies such as Alexa and Google Home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hafiz Malik, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UM-Dearborn is developing tools to detect and fight against fake multimedia. He has already created a method that can detect computer-generated audio at near 100% accuracy and is now turning to fake multimedia detection in real time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":14038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[36,50],"class_list":["post-14039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-dearborn","tag-fake-news"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg",546,364,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg",546,364,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg",546,364,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg",546,364,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg",546,364,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844-546x300.jpg",546,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg",546,364,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hafiz_malik-e1559669057844.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mona Beydoun, ITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/monabey\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Hafiz Malik, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UM-Dearborn is developing tools to detect and fight against fake multimedia. 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