Deepfakes of Bollywood stars spark worries of AI meddling in India election

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MUMBAI — In fake videos that have gone viral online, two of India's A-lister Bollywood actors are seen criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asking people to vote for the opposition Congress party in the country's ongoing general election.

Actor Aamir Khan speaks during a news conference to promote his film Secret Superstar in Singapore, Oct 2, 2017. Actor Ranveer Singh attends a news conference to promote the movie Gully Boy at the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Feb 9, 2019.

The two videos have been viewed on social media more than half a million times since last week, a Reuters review shows. A Congress spokesperson, Sujata Paul, shared actor Singh's video with her 16,000 followers on X on April 17 and by Saturday afternoon, her post had been reshared 2,900 times, liked 8,700 times and received 438,000 views.

Both actors have said the videos are fake. Facebook, X and at least eight fact-checking websites have said they are altered or manipulated, which the Reuters digital verification unit has also confirmed. Facebook in a statement said it has "removed the videos" for violation of its policies. X did not respond to Reuters queries.

The officers said they were up until 2 am on Friday, refreshing pages to check if Khan's online videos were removed. Asked about progress in the case, one of them said: "Such technical investigations take time."]

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

 

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