700 percent more illegal content than identified by human moderators
Menlo Park/London (pte/04.09.2018/11:30) Google, in cooperation with the Internet Watch Foundation , has developed a new tool based on artificial intelligence (AI) that can be used to identify online content that promotes the sexual abuse of children show, have marked. The free digital tool uses image recognition software to help human moderators find and delete illegal footage.
Protect moderators
The tool is also designed to reduce moderators' exposure to content that can be traumatic, while capturing larger amounts of child abuse content. While some existing systems are already able to detect images and videos of child abuse by comparing them with a database of already flagged content, moderators still have to review the content they find themselves.
Google wants to use the AI tool to bypass this step by allowing service providers, NGOs and other technology companies to “review this content at scale.” AI uses neural networks to sort through masses of content and prioritize certain posts for review. "We're making it available for free to NGOs and industry partners through our Content Safety API, a toolkit to improve the capacity to review content in a way that requires fewer people," Google explains in a blog post .
weaken criminals
The new AI tool can already demonstrate success. During the same period of time that an examiner was also working on detecting sexual abuse on the Internet, they were able to uncover 700 percent more content. “We, and especially our experts, are excited about developing an AI tool that could help our human experts review material on an even larger scale and keep up with criminals by targeting footage not previously considered illegal could be detected,” sums up Susie Hargreaves from the Internet Watch Foundation.
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