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AI ‘deepfake’ faces detected using astronomy methods


Analysing reflections of light in the eyes can help to determine an image’s authenticity.

“But this research provides a potential method, an important way forward, perhaps to add to the battery of tests that one can apply to try to figure out if an image is real or fake.” Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are making it increasingly difficult to tell the difference between genuine images, videos and audio and those that have been created by algorithms. Olwolabi then analysed the reflections of light sources in the eyes in the images using two astronomical measurements: the CAS system and the Gini index.

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