Technology

Reality Defender is Named a Market Shaper in the Gartner Emerging Market Quadrant for Deepfake Detection

2026-07-02 Ian Fleming

Veratad Technologies Launches the Veratad VX Agent Toolkit, Giving AI Agents Built-In Identity and Age Verification

2026-07-01 Ian Fleming

Brighthire uses Zoom signals to detect deepfakes in job interviews

2026-06-25 Per Henrikson

Experian & Resistant AI tackle document fraud in ANZ

2026-06-25 Per Henrikson

Experian has partnered with Resistant AI to offer document fraud detection tools in Australia and New Zealand through its Ascend platform. Banks and insurers in Australia and New Zealand will gain new checks as AI-made forgeries increasingly evade standard identity verification tools.

Proof Launches x401, the Open Protocol for Verifying the Authority Behind AI Agents

2026-06-25 Ian Fleming

Developed by Proof with contributors across payments, identity and AI, x401 lets any online service request proof of who authorized an agent’s actions. Live demos and a CLI are available today.

Bitdefender Launches RealCheck: A Powerful Deepfake Detection Solution

2026-06-24 Ian Fleming

New Standalone Solution Assesses Both Video Content Manipulation Likelihood and Malicious Intent, Delivering an Unprecedented Layer of Protection Against AI-generated Scams.

Google Tests Hand Gesture Verification For reCAPTCHA

2026-06-22 Ian Fleming

With AI-powered bots growing more sophisticated, reCAPTCHA has moved far beyond basic image challenges like identifying traffic lights. Google is now testing a new way to confirm users are human, asking them to make hand gestures in front of their camera.

Hedera-Linked Patent Seeks ‘Continuous Identity’ for Privacy Checks

2026-06-21 Per Henrikson

Efforts to verify identity without exposing sensitive personal data are moving from theory into patent filings and public funding applications. In a new European

Patent filing backs privacy-preserving identity system

2026-06-21 Per Henrikson

The Hashgraph Group and Truesense have filed a European patent application for a digital identity system called Continuous Identity Trust Infrastructure. The system is intended to verify that a person was physically present at a specific place and time without disclosing personal data.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to supply its Mobile Fortify facial recognition app to more than a thousand local police forces

2026-06-20 Per Henrikson

A DHS privacy analysis indicates that the deployment is likely to significantly increase the number of biometric records the agency holds of U.S. citizens.

OCR Studio debuts age verification system at GITEX AI Europe

2026-06-18 Ian Fleming

OCR Studio unveils an on-device age verification system detecting date-of-birth document fraud, ahead of GITEX AI Europe 2026.

European startups seek patent for privacy-preserving digital ID based on UWB, DIDs

2026-06-17 Ian Fleming

Switzerland-based Web3 and AI engineering firm The Hashgraph Group and Italian ultra-wideband sensing provider Truesense SRL seek patent for privacy-preserving digital ID based on UWB, DIDs.