Multimodal AI PhD Intern (Summer 2026)

About Reality Defender

Reality Defender is an award-winning cybersecurity company helping enterprises and governments detect deepfakes and AI-generated media. Utilizing a patented multi-model approach, the company is robust against the bleeding edge of generative platforms producing video, audio, imagery, and text media.

The Multimodal AI Internship

This 4-month internship is designed for current PhD students and candidates to partner with Reality Defender's AI team to conduct cutting-edge research and publish peer-reviewed papers.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and propose new methods for detecting generative multi-modal content, spanning audio and vision modalities
• Perform research on multi-modal deepfake detection and reasoning tasks
• Collaborate with researchers in the team
• Write up results of research for internal reports and submission to academic journals and workshops
• Independently implement and evaluate ideas on modern deep learning stack including Python, PyTorch, and GPU-enabled infrastructure