Misuse of Deepfake material can pose significant threats – from disinformation and financial threat to policing risks and harm at scale. The UK Home Office Deepfake Detection Challenge 2026 brings together experts from across government, academia and industry to tackle these threats.
Through benchmarking testing and a scenario-based live hack event in January 2026 their work is helping bring together the best approaches to deepfake detection to support the government and industry stakeholders who really need it.