As concerns about deepfake crimes grow, domestic companies are busy developing blockchain-based deepfake detection technology. In the Web3 industry, projects to prevent deepfake crimes are also gaining attention as their potential is acknowledged.
Game software development company Hanbitsoft developed a blockchain-based deepfake detection system in February of last year, and is currently in the process of applying for a U.S. patent after completing domestic patent registration. Hanbitsoft’s technology registers digital content on the blockchain and verifies whether secondary creations have been forged or altered. It has expanded the scope of copyright protection by expanding the verification target to include not only images but also videos and audio. Hanbitsoft explained, “We store the original creator’s information separately, so third parties can also check the copyright holder’s information with their own eyes.”
Laonsecure, a blockchain information technology (IT) company, plans to add facial recognition technology that detects deepfakes to its mobile application next month. Although it does not directly utilize blockchain, it is considering whether to introduce it in the future as blockchain is emerging as a 'key' to solving the side effects of deepfakes. A Laonsecure official said, "Based on our experience with blockchain-related technologies, we are also reviewing research on preventing deepfakes using blockchain." Laonsecure plans to provide detection services to other companies and organizations through industry-academia cooperation with Seoul National University and others.
Humanity Protocol is a Web3-based online identity verification project launched at the end of last year. It is designed to distinguish fake identity information such as deepfakes. It took a picture of a person's palm, analyzed the vein pattern, and stored it on a blockchain. Since information registered on the blockchain cannot be arbitrarily modified or deleted, it can also detect deepfakes that are almost human. Humanity Protocol received an investment of 30 million dollars (about 40.212 billion won) in May and became a unicorn company (startup with a corporate value of over 1 billion dollars).
- Reporter Choi Jae-heon
- chsn12@decenter.kr
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