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PRESS RELEASE: HAND’s Talent ID database expands beyond NBA to add the most notable MLB and NFL players

Expanded set of professional sports talent adds to HAND’s ISO-level Talent ID database in advance of annual SVG Summit & SPORTEL Talks in NYC.

READ the full press release here

We’ll be attending both the SVG Summit and the  SPORTELTalks NYC (co-located at the Sports Video Group Summit at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown NYC) on December 16th-17th  – reach out if you’re attending one or both!

Learn more about HAND's Demos at IBC 2024 in our HAND LABS section

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For full recap of our 2024  AND  2023 IBC Accelerator Innovation Zone Proof-of-Concept collaboration work, check out our new HAND LABS section!

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News Coverage of our IBC Accelerators

“Design Your Weapons in the Fight Against Disinformation”  

Hollywood Reporter:    30

How the World’s Top News Orgs Hope to Tackle Misinformation as a Historic U.S. Election Looms


CBS News, the BBC, AP, Reuters and Paramount are all taking part in a first-of-its-kind initiative to tackle the rapid spread of misinformation in news.  – By Lily Ford 

Recent Events:

  • HAND IDENTITY DIALOGUES:  A HAND (Human & Digital) Roundtable Discussion
  • When:  03 December, 2024  – 11:00AM US EDT (3:00PM GMT / 8:00AM US PDT) 
  • Where: Online / Zoom 
  • YouTube Channel Link:  https://youtu.be/gVI8LilQjfg
  • DEEPFAKES vs. DIGITAL REPLICAS: The Battle for Authenticity and Legal Monetization in Media & Entertainment Economies.
  • When:  25 October, 2024  – 12:00PM US EDT (4:00PM GMT / 9:00AM US PDT) 
  • Where: Online / Zoom 
  • YouTube Channel Link:  https://youtu.be/lNOLDsuDmHs
  • Identity Week – America  – 11-12  Sept. 2024 – HAND was a Startup Zone participant at the 2024 Identity Week – America conference in Washington, D.C. 
  • 5 August 2024 – HAND CEO Will Kreth was an invited guest speaker at the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office) Public Roundtable: “AI and Protections for Use of an Individual’s Name, Image, Likeness, or Reputation.” The Roundtable included invited representatives from MLB Player Association, the Motion Picture Association, National Association of Voice Actors, Endeavor / William Morris, Adobe, The Authors Guild, SAG-AFTRA, RIAA, and more.
  • 23 July 2024 – HAND CEO Will Kreth participated in the “Digital Hollywood: The AI Summer Summit,” discussing the topic of Deep Fakes. These digital manipulations not only infringe on property rights and concern musicians and Hollywood personalities, but also pose significant threats as bad actors devise new, inventive, and technologically sophisticated methods to invade our privacy, compromise our computer data, and ultimately target our electronic wallets. Full session available here.
  • 12 June 2024 – HAND CEO Will Kreth was a keynote speaker at the Identity Week – Europe conference The event marked the debut of the term HAND coined “Multi-Vector Attestation” in response to how Identity verification will respond beyond today’s KYC, MFA (multi-factor authentication), and current biometric methods in a post-Quantum Computing world. 

HAND Webinars

Challenges & Opportunities in AI Talent Utilization -
7 Feb. 2024

The State of AI Talent Utilization (1st Panel)
Battling Deepfakes (2nd Panel)
AI Talent Monetization (3rd Panel)

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