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By Srijanee Chakraborty A video featuring AI-generated voice clones of cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty and a news anchor is circulating with false claims that the former was beaten up on air by a pharmaceutical company representative for promoting a natural cure for cardiovascular diseases. The video also contains unrelated visuals of a fight caught on live television to claim that Dr Shetty was punched by the representative on his face. BOOM found that an AI voice clone of Dr Devi Shetty has been used to promote a plant-based drug for hypertension and high blood pressure. The video, with an Aa...
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By Shefali Srivastava "After just one dose, my blood sugar level became normal. I am happy. I had diabetes for the last 20 years, but this medicine cured me in three days. My sugar level has become normal. I am happy that I can live a full life,"claim Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Mathura MP Hema Malini in sponsored videos that are viral on Facebook. However, the statements and videos that show them are not real and are made using the voice clones of these popular public figures to claim their endorsement of a fake diabetes medicine. Meta platforms, especially Facebook, ar...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video of Congress leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath is viral online claiming that he promised a mosque and the reinstatement of Article 370 to Muslims in a meeting. Fact: BOOM found that the video is a deepfake. The audio in the clip, claiming to be that of Kamal Nath, is an audio voice clone and not his own voice. Tools used: We found that the original video was uploaded on YouTube on November 14, 2018 when Kamal Nath met with Muslim voters. BOOM ran the video through Itisaar, a deepfake analysis tool created by the Indian Institute...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: Amit Malviya, Bharatiya Janata Party's IT cell head claimed that a video of party candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav alias Nirahua making remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being childless, was a deepfake. In the video, Yadav the BJP candidate from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, claimed Modi and Adityanath have preferred to be childless to stop unemployment. It was posted by Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas BV on X and the same was rubbished as a deepfake by Malviya and Yadav himself. Fact: BOOM found that the vi...
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By Archis Chowdhury An edited video of Home Minister Amit Shah went viral recently, falsely showing him promising an end to reservations for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and Other Backward Classes. While BOOM's fact-check found that the video was doctored using video editing tools, it was falsely labelled as a 'deepfake' by other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, and various mainstream media outlets. Political parties in India are experimenting with AI in myriad ways this election season. For instance, AI voice clones of politicians are being used to craft cadre and voter outreach message...
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Concerns are growing regarding disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI) generated content ahead of the EU elections in June. The European Commission published recommended measures in March for digital platforms with more than 45 million EU-based users per month “to mitigate systemic risks online that may impact the integrity of elections”. In addition, many platforms committed to the EU's Code of Practice on Disinformation "to address both misinformation and disinformation across their services,” a Commission spokesperson said. We expect the main disinformation narratives will have very...
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By Divya Chandra A group of fact-checkers, academicians, tech experts and policy experts came together for a panel discussion on ‘Decoding Deepfakes & Elections’ organised by BOOM’s Decode held in New Delhi on 15 April 2024. The ConsensusDeepfakes is a worrying trend.People generating mis/disinformation are only limited by their imagination since it's extremely easy to create fake stories.The technology used to create false information is better than the one used to detect it.Investment is more in the market generating deepfakes than the one detecting it.Mayank Vatsa, professor of computer sci...
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Making deepfake pornography could soon be outlawed in the United Kingdom in what authorities say could be the first measure of its kind in the world. Lawmakers are introducing an amendment to the country’s Criminal Justice Bill that will force adults who make deepfake porn to "face the consequences of their actions," according to a release from the UK's Ministry of Justice. Deepfakes are fake but highly realistic videos, audio or image put together by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). AI deepfake porn videos of underage young people are surging in GreeceIf the amendment is passed, cr...
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By Ritika Jain Delhi High Court observed that deepfake videos can cause irreparable harm to one’s personality while granting interim relief to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s national spokesperson and senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia by directing social media platforms ‘X’ and YouTube to take down posts, and make videos private that alleged he was “beaten up” by lawyers in a Noida court. The high court observed Bhatia would face “irreparable loss and injury” if the deepfake videos and tweets were allowed to remain in the public domain. The high court’s concern on Bhatia’s defamation plea is timely...
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By Swasti Chatterjee Amit Malviya, Bharatiya Janata Party's IT cell head on Monday falsely claimed a video of party candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav alias Nirahua making remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being childless, was a deepfake. In the video, Yadav the BJP candidate from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, claimed Modi and Adityanath have preferred to be childless to stop unemployment. It was posted by Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas BV on X and the same was rubbished as a deepfake by Malviya and Yadav himself. BOOM found that the video...
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