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Posted Apr 24Computer Vision PhD Intern (Summer 2026)
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Requirements
- Reality Defender is an award-winning cybersecurity company helping enterprises and governments detect deepfakes and AI-generated media.
- Reality Defender's API-first deepfake detection platform empowers teams and developers alike to identify fraud, disinformation campaigns, and harmful deepfakes in real time.
- Backed by world class investors including DCVC, Illuminate Financial, Y Combinator, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, Accenture, Rackhouse, and Argon VC, Reality Defender works with leading enterprise clients, financial institutions, and governments in order to ensure AI-generated media is not used for malicious purposes.
- This 3-month internship is designed for current PhD students and candidates to partner with Reality Defender's AI team to generate cutting-edge research and publish peer-reviewed papers.
- WHAT YOU'LL DO. - Investigate new methods for generative image/video detection. - Collaborate with researchers in the team. - Perform research of deepfake image/video detection. - Write up results of research for internal reports and submission to academic journals/workshops. - Independently implement and evaluate ideas on modern deep learning stack - Python, PyTorch, and GPU-enabled cloud compute, like AWS/GCP.
- Experience in computer vision. - Proficient in Python and in building deep learning models with PyTorch. - Published peer-reviewed research papers in reputable computer vision venues, e.g.
- CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS. - Excited about Reality Defender's mission to build a best-in-class and comprehensive deepfake and AI-generated media detection platform. - Available to start a research project in Summer of 2026.
Contact
- Youtube: Reality Defender Wins RSA Most Innovative Startup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKOZmwyNUNM THE COMPUTER VISION INTERNSHIP.
- Your primary collaborator will be Jacob Seidman https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-seidman/, who will guide and advise your efforts within deepfake image and video detection.
Additional details
- Utilizing a patented multi-model approach, Reality Defender is robust against the bleeding edge of generative platforms producing video, audio, imagery, and text media.
- This internship can be performed remotely, although you're welcome to work from our HQ in New York City.