{"id":71880,"date":"2022-12-23T15:31:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T13:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=71880"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T08:39:07","slug":"google-opens-source-code-for-ai-video-blurring-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/google-opens-source-code-for-ai-video-blurring-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Google opens source code for AI video-blurring tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has opened the source code for two <span data-descr=\"data protection method\" class=\"old_tooltip\">privacy-enhancing technologies<\/span> (PETs), including AI systems for blurring objects in video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf81 A gift for you: New ways to provide a safer online experience for everyone!<\/p>\n<p>From an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/opensource?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#opensource<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ML?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ML<\/a> tool that instantly blurs objects to enhanced data encryption, we\u2019re committed to continue designing technology that protects your privacy \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a00el0MWoA\">https:\/\/t.co\/a00el0MWoA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eAzsKrlWrc\">pic.twitter.com\/eAzsKrlWrc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Google Developers (@googledevs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/googledevs\/status\/1605942494662901771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both tools are part of Google&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/safety-security\/how-we-make-every-day-safer-with-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Protected Computing<\/a> initiative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The project aims to transform the ways, times and locations of data processing to ensure their confidentiality and security,&#8221; the tech giant&#8217;s site says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Magritte video-blurring tool is already available on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/google\/magritte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">GitHub<\/a>. The system uses <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-machine-learning\">machine learning<\/a> to detect objects in videos and blur them as soon as they appear on screen.<\/p>\n<p>Magritte can mask a variety of objects, including vehicle license plates and people&#8217;s tattoos.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, the tool will be of use to journalists seeking heightened guarantees of privacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Using this open system, videographers will be able to save time blurring objects in videos, given the high accuracy of detection by the machine-learning algorithm,&#8221; Google&#8217;s blog says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) Transpiler enables developers to perform computations on encrypted data without accessing user-identifying information.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the system could help in government and financial sectors, as well as healthcare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;FHE Transpiler will be useful where heightened guarantees of security in handling confidential data are of paramount importance,&#8221; Google adds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to company representatives, PET is becoming mainstream, given that they were previously seen as little more than &#8220;academic exercises&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In June the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ostp\/news-updates\/2022\/06\/28\/advancing-a-vision-for-privacy-enhancing-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">\u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b<\/a> that these technologies would allow researchers and other professionals to gain insight into data privacy without access to the data themselves.<\/p>\n<p>In December Google unveiled an AI algorithm for <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/google-trains-ai-to-read-doctors-handwriting\">handwriting recognition of doctors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, the tech giant created the Simple ML add-on for developing AI models in Sheets.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Google taught <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/google-teaches-a-robot-to-program-itself\">a robot to program itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog News on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has opened the source code for two <span>privacy-enhancing technologies<\/span> (PETs), including AI systems for blurring objects in video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,738,1256],"class_list":["post-71880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-google","tag-privacy-and-personal-data"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71882,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71880\/revisions\/71882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}