Dubai is Building an Open-Source AI Model to Detect Deepfake Videos

Dubai is preparing to launch SARAAB, an open-source AI model designed to detect deepfake videos by analysing facial features and motion.

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For context, the Dubai Electronic Security Centre, or DESC, notes the model can identify hidden synthetic layers in video footage, including cases where only part of a video has been manipulated. SARAAB is projected to launch by the end of 2026.

DESC confirmed the model at GISEC Global 2026. It is taking place from September 16 to 18 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in Expo City Dubai.

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SARAAB analyses facial features through a heat map to identify signs of synthetic manipulation.

Hassan Majid Alkhazraji, Senior Artificial Intelligence Executive at DESC, informed Khaleej Times that the system can analyse an entire video even when only a small section has been altered.

For example, if manipulation appears only in the final 30 seconds of a two-minute video, SARAAB would still analyse the full two-minute clip.

DESC claims the model can achieve 91% accuracy. Nevertheless, the announcement does not provide details concerning the dataset, evaluation method, or testing conditions applied to produce that figure.

Notably, the 91% figure should therefore be treated as a claim from DESC rather than an independently verified benchmark. Hugging Face to Host Model.

DESC intends to produce SARAAB available through developer platforms so that AI engineers, cybersecurity specialists and researchers can test and improve the system.

Khaleej Times documented that Hugging Face is anticipated to host the model.

Nevertheless, no public model page or exact release date was available in the sources reviewed.

Making SARAAB open source could allow organisations to employ it when investigating suspicious video footage.

Meanwhile, results from a single detection model cannot by themselves prove that a video is genuine or manipulated, particularly as synthetic video techniques continue to change. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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Taken together, the developments around dubai is Building an Open-Source AI Model to Detect Deepfake Videos point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.