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ID R&D patent award sets new benchmark for prevention of voice spoofs and deepfakes
Advances in detection of recorded and synthetic voice provide a new level of protection against fraud NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ID R&D, an award-winning
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAdvances in detection of recorded and synthetic voice provide a new level of protection against fraud\n\n\n NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nID R&D, an award-winning provider of liveness detection and voice biometrics products, has been granted a patent for a new approach to detecting voice-based spoofing and deepfake attacks. The method represents a significant advance in voice security, combining analysis of different speech audio features with the use of deep convolutional neural networks to enhance detection accuracy. It applies a novel multi-stage approach and analyzes a voice sample by first dividing it into frames, which enables rapid, real-time detection during conversational speech.\n\n\nID R&D’s IDLive® Voice is a product that applies the newly patented techniques. It is being used to help protect people from identity fraud by ensuring that when their voice is used for biometric verification, it is that of a live human and not a recording or synthetic voice.\n\n\n“True to our name, research is a strategic priority at ID R&D, and our products are built upon investigation and discovery of new ways to reduce fraud without burdening users,” commented Alexey Khitrov, CEO and Co-Founder of ID R&D. “This most recent patent exemplifies the role of our research in being first-to-market with solutions that make access to digital services safer and easier for millions of people globally.”\n\n\nAbout voice security\n\n\nA person’s live voice is an accurate and convenient way to authenticate their identity, but using biometrics requires assurance that biometric samples are provided in real time by a live person. Detecting spoof attacks is essential to protecting people from fraud, where bad actors attempt to impersonate their victims using an audio recording or synthetically generated speech.\n\n\nAnother risk emerging with the advent of intelligent conversational chat technology is automated voice phishing, where AI-powered ”virtual fraudsters” could conduct fraud by calling targeted victims and by impersonating a trusted person.\n\n\nTo learn more about the ways that advanced voice liveness detection can be used to prevent fraud, visit www.idrnd.ai or contact [email protected].\n\n\nAbout ID R&D\n\n\nID R&D, a Mitek company, is an award-winning provider of AI-based voice and face biometrics and liveness detection. With one of the stro...