US-based audit, tax and advisory company KPMG LLP has acquired a minority stake in Reality Defender, a platform designed to detect deepfakes.
Reality Defender's multimodal detection technology integrates with communications platforms, business applications and enterprise workflows.
It assesses the authenticity of voice and video in real time, enabling organisations to respond to suspected impersonation attempts and fraud.
According to KPMG LLP, the technology can help address AI-generated impersonation, fraud and synthetic media threats.
The investment will allow KPMG to incorporate deepfake detection capabilities into its cyber and fraud prevention practices, amid efforts to identify new methods to verify the authenticity of increasingly widespread deepfake content.