Scientist: Henry Ajder

Henry Ajder profileHenry Ajder is an expert on generative artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes. As the first “GenAI Cartographer”, Henry advises companies and governments including Adobe, Meta and The European Commission on AI’s impact on business and society. In 2022, he hosted “The Future Will Be Synthesised”, a BBC radio series on deepfakes and synthetic media. He is also a Visiting Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge (UK).

Previously, Ajder was Head of Communications and Research Analysis at Deeptrace, a Dutch start-up working on building an anti-virus for deepfakes.

Henry Ajder interview: The human finger delicately touches the finger of a robot's metallic finger. Concept of harmonious coexistence of humans and AI technology
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Henry Ajder on generative AI: ‘We need a balance between excitement and supervision’

Henry Ajder is a renowned expert on generative artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes. He advises companies and governments including Adobe, Meta and the European Commission on the impact of AI on business and society. Ajder also hosted "The Future Will Be Synthesised", a BBC radio series on deepfakes and synthetic media. A German photographer has ...

on September 20, 2023

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Henry Ajder: “We need to make finding and accessing these tools as difficult as possible”

Interview with Henry Ajder, speaker and advisor helping organizations to navigate deepfakes, synthetic media, and the evolving AI ecosystem. In 2019, you released a report which found that 96 % of all deepfakes produced depict some kind of image abuse. What has changed since then? Henry Ajder: Back then, no one really knew what the deepfake ...

on October 13, 2021

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Fighting abusive deepfakes: the need for a multi-layered action plan

Deepfakes videos herald some promise for the media industry, but at present they are mostly used for malicious purposes including the production of non-consensual pornography. The law is failing to protect victims as it struggles to keep pace with technological advances.

on October 13, 2021

A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Henry Ajder about Deepfakes
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A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Henry Ajder about Deepfakes

The key point I would make about regulating deepfakes is that, in some cases, new laws may be needed, but much of the harm deepfakes cause is covered by existing laws, or could be covered by amending existing laws.

on December 4, 2019

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Deepfake, shallowfake and speech synthesis: tackling audiovisual manipulation

Despite alarmist news stories about deepfake heralding the end of democracy or truth itself, the technology – for better or worse – is far from perfect, which suggests that there is still a window of opportunity to prepare society, institutions and regulatory frameworks for the moment it is. The state of play Deepfakes (i.e. synthetic ...

on December 4, 2019