It has been revealed that Adobe, the developer of the industry-standard image editing program Photoshop, has developed a new artificial intelligence capable of detecting whether images have been manipulated.

According to a blog post published by Adobe, the research, conducted in partnership with scientists from UC Berkeley and funded by DARPA, focuses on edits made with Photoshop’s “liquify” tool, which can reshape and retouch parts of an image. With the artificial intelligence that scans original and face-altered images with the help of neural networks, a 99% success rate is achieved. Meanwhile, the human success rate in recognizing altered visuals is only 53%. Almost like flipping a coin. This rate is quite important in terms of demonstrating the learning success of neural networks and artificial intelligence.

The increase in fake visuals and content used as material for black propaganda, which Adobe drew attention to in its blog post, reminded me once again of the question of whether the problem lies with humans or machines. You can find the relevant section below.

While we are proud of the impact that Photoshop and Adobe’s other creative tools have had on the world, we also recognize the ethical implications of our technology. Trust in what we see is increasingly important in a world where image editing has become ubiquitous – fake content is a serious and increasingly pressing issue. Adobe is firmly committed to finding the most useful and responsible ways to bring new technologies to life, continually researching using new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to increase trust and authority in digital media.