IARPA LocUS — ETA OTA
Funds United States researchers mapping video origin from combined visual and audio clues when metadata is absent.
LocUS (Location Using Sound) is a research program operated by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) under the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The program is part of IARPA's Emerging Technology Accelerator (ETA) framework, which was launched in January 2026 with a Proposers' Day in Rockville, Maryland attended by more than 550 participants. LocUS addres…
Automated geolocation of video content using combined audio and visual signals, enabling analysts to determine where footage was captured even when embedded metadata is absent.
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