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This 17-year-old student has won this year s BT Young Scientists top award
Gregory Tarr won for his project entitled “Towards detecting state-of-the-art deepfakes”. By Hayley Halpin Friday 8 Jan 2021, 2:26 PM Jan 8th 2021, 2:26 PM 36,282 Views 25 Comments
Gregory Tarr
Gregory Tarr
THE WINNERS OF this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition have been announced.
Gregory Tarr, aged 17, a sixth year student from Bandon Grammar School in Co Cork has won the top prize for his project entitled “Towards detecting state-of-the-art deepfakes”.
Deepfakes are videos or images in which a person’s face or body has been digitally altered so that they appear to be someone else. They are often used to spread false information.