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Detection of manipulation receives DTU award
DTU’s award for this year’s student start-up goes to Defudger for their use of artificial intelligence to expose fake photos and videos.
An app for revealing manipulated content in digital images and video will receive DTU’s award as student start-up of the year in 2020. The app was developed by the start-up Defudger, which now has activities in Denmark, Germany, and Hungary. Defudger is founded by Hungarian Dominik Mate Kovacs and Zoltan Kovacs, who are both MSc students at DTU, and former CBS student Kristof Szabo.
“Defudger wants to do something about the increasing use of fake content on the Internet that threatens our democracy and political processes. They are first-movers on the market and show strong determination and an ability to surround themselves with people who help them maintain high speed and quality in their work. Defudger will receive the award as the start-up of the year for a technology that benefi