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How Amped FIVE and Authenticate Can Be Powerful Tools in OSINT Investigations

Reading time: 12 minOSINT investigations are transforming intelligence gathering, from criminal cases to human rights inquiries. Learn how Amped FIVE and Authenticate enhance the accuracy and reliability of digital intelligence. They provide advanced tools for metadata analysis, geolocation, and deepfake detection.

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Alexander Fehrmann March 5, 2025
Fighting Deepfakes: AI-Generated CSAM and the Tools to Detect It

Reading time: 5 minThe rise of AI-generated CSAM is blurring reality and fueling exploitation. With deepfakes becoming more sophisticated, identifying and combating this abuse is crucial. Discover how forensic tools like Amped Authenticate are helping investigators verify content, fight back, and protect victims.

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Blake Sawyer February 19, 2025
10 Ways to Detect Deepfakes Created by Text-to-image Services and GANs

Reading time: 8 minWith deepfake images getting increasingly realistic, staying ahead of detection techniques is more important than ever. In this article, we explore various clues—both intuitive and technical—that can assist in detecting deepfakes.

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Marco Fontani September 18, 2024
Detecting AI-generated Images Obtained with Text-to-image Models in Amped Authenticate

Reading time: 8 minOur latest article explains the difference between various kinds of deepfakes and how to detect AI images generated by commercial text-to-image models (Dall-E, Midjourney) with Amped Authenticate’s newest Diffusion Model Deepfake filter.

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Marco Fontani May 22, 2024
How To Reveal AI-generated Images by Checking Shadows and Reflections in Amped Authenticate

Reading time: 2 minThe rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is nowadays transforming various aspects of human life. Recent breakthroughs in large language models have empowered them to produce essays indistinguishable from human writing. Similarly, AI has gained the ability to create images from simple textual prompts, generating seemingly authentic yet entirely fabricated images. This remarkable capability of […]

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Marco Fontani October 11, 2023
How To Check Video Integrity By Detecting Double Encoding With VPF Analysis

Reading time: 2 minThis article will focus on how to check video integrity by detecting double encoding with VPF analysis. It will start by defining video integrity and mentioning possible approaches to integrity verification. We’ll also make a very short introduction to some concepts of video coding. Then, we will show how you can use Amped Authenticate’s VPF analysis […]

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Marco Fontani January 25, 2022
A Farewell to Tip Tuesday and a Collection of All 2020 Tips

Reading time: 4 minDear friends, it is with a bittersweet feeling that I’m announcing this will be the last Tip Tuesday. The bitter part is just because I’m a bit emotional and I got used to this weekly appointment. But the sweet part is that we’ll continue writing new posts in 2021, just a bit different. So the […]

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Marco Fontani December 29, 2020
How to Use Amped Authenticate Video PRNU to Check Whether a Video and Some Images Are From the Same Camera

Reading time: 5 minDear friends welcome to this waiting-for-Santa tip! Less than a week has passed since the latest Amped Authenticate update (if you’ve missed it, take a look here!). We’re already providing a tip to make the most of the new Video PRNU tool! In particular, today we’ll deal with a case where we need to check […]

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Marco Fontani December 22, 2020
Choosing the Right Image Export Format: A Practical Guide (Part 1)

Reading time: 5 minDear friends, welcome to this week’s tip! A question we get very often from our users is: “Which is the best image export format to use once I’m done enhancing my images or videos?”. We’re thus happy to introduce a mini-series of two tips on this subject! Today, we’ll introduce the topic and focus on […]

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Marco Fontani November 17, 2020
How to Quickly Find Manipulated Objects With Amped Authenticate’s Shadows Filter

Reading time: 4 minDear Tip Tuesday addict, welcome to this week’s dose! Today we’re dealing with one of the latest features introduced in Amped Authenticate, the Shadows filter. We’ll see how the filter can help you identify the manipulated object, which is very handy when you’ve selected many shadows in the image. Keep reading!

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Marco Fontani November 10, 2020
A Guide to Various Ways of Exporting Results in Amped Authenticate

Reading time: 4 minDear friends, welcome to this week’s tip! Inspired by a question from one of our users, we’re dedicating this tip to the various ways you can export results obtained with Amped Authenticate‘s filters. You’ll see there are different options that serve different needs. So, keep reading!

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Marco Fontani October 20, 2020
How to Use Amped Authenticate to Reveal Traces of Former JPEG Compression in Seemingly Uncompressed Images

Reading time: 4 minDear Amped friends, welcome to one more tip! Following the recent mini-series about unveiling traces of double JPEG compression, today we’ll show how Amped Authenticate can reveal if a seemingly uncompressed image was actually JPEG compressed in its past. Keep reading to find out more!

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Marco Fontani September 22, 2020