Enhanced Reflections

Reading time: 8 minAt year’s end, Martino Jerian, CEO and Founder of Amped Software, looks beyond features and release notes to explain what Amped Software is really building. From forensic tools and training to research, community, and policymaker outreach, this post connects our daily work to a single mission: justice through science. It’s about reducing unsolved crimes, preventing […]

Reading time: 6 minDeepfake detection is everywhere, but it’s only part of the solution. In this post, we focus on the broader discipline of deepfake forensics: a layered, explainable approach that goes beyond black-box AI tools to uncover how, where, and why a media file was manipulated. You’ll see why detection alone often falls short and how Amped […]

Reading time: 4 minAmped Software recently presented a roadmap at the European Parliament addressing AI’s impact on image and video analysis. We advocate for public awareness, stakeholder education, and regulations like the AI Act to ensure security and justice in the digital age.

Reading time: 4 minAI is reshaping how we perceive truth, trust, and justice, raising critical ethical questions, especially in forensic image and video analysis. While AI can be a powerful tool, over-reliance on it risks distorting reality rather than clarifying it. This article explores how Amped Software plans to move forward with today’s and tomorrow’s challenges and potentials […]

Reading time: 5 minThis year, I want to make a “year in review” blog post a bit different than usual. More than ever, I realized how important the contribution of every single person on our team is, even the less publicly visible roles. For this reason, I wanted to personally thank every single Ampedeer for a very specific […]

Reading time: 35 minIn this post, Martino Jerian, CEO and Founder of Amped Software, breaks down the complex AI Act and explores how it affects the work of forensic image and video analysts, including key compliance areas and the challenges it brings to AI-based technologies used in law enforcement and investigations.

Reading time: 7 minLet’s discover our users’ opinions on AI, accreditations and certifications, deepfakes, digital media authentication, and DEMS. Some of the results are pretty unexpected!

Reading time: 6 minIn this article, we’ll see how Avon and Somerset Police, part of the South West Police Forensics collaboration in the UK, solved the compliance challenges posed by the new code of conduct set by the Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) and ISO17025 with Amped Replay, shortening the time needed to investigate crimes by 2 to 4 […]

Reading time: 4 minImages and videos are among the most commonly available and powerful evidence. However, the complexity and challenges that surround them are often not well understood or properly considered during investigations and criminal proceedings. In order to create more awareness among practitioners and institutions on the topic and improve security and justice in our communities, we […]

Reading time: 6 minAmped Software was founded on April 10th, 2008. Today we celebrate its 15th anniversary: what a ride so far! I take this opportunity to share with you a bit of what working at Amped means.

Reading time: 6 minDuring investigations and trials, video is one of the most common and most effective forms of evidence, but unfortunately, it is often taken for granted. There are many challenges to consider in relation to video evidence, and we believe it is of crucial importance to understand how users around the world are handling these and […]

Reading time: 14 minIn a nutshell: a digital image is created by a sequence of physical and digital processes. Ultimately, they produce a representation of light information in a specific moment in a specific place, as a sequence of 0s and 1s. The technical limitations of the imaging system will introduce some defects that will make the image […]