Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT parent claims its new AI tool to spot fake images is 99% accurate

There are already a handful of tools that claim to detect images or other content that has been made with AI, but they can be inaccurate

The need for such detection tools is only growing in importance as AI tools can be used to manipulate or fabricate news reports of global events

OpenAI is building a tool to detect images created by artificial intelligence with a high degree of accuracy.

Mira Murati, chief technology officer of the maker of popular chatbot ChatGPT and image generator DALL-E, said on Tuesday that OpenAI’s tool is “99 per cent reliable” at determining if a picture was produced using AI. It’s being tested internally ahead of a planned public release, she said, without specifying a timeline.

Murati spoke alongside OpenAI chief ...