AI-generated deepfakes – realistic but fake videos – are circulating in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan ahead of the countries' upcoming elections. That is written by Reuters. In Bangladesh, which goes to the polls this weekend, fake photos have shown opposition politicians Rumin Farhana, wearing a bikini, and Nipun Roy, in a swimming pool.
Sayeed Al-Zaman, a professor of journalism at Jahangirnagar University, says that even low-quality material can go viral.
- Given the low knowledge of information and digitization in Bangladesh, deepfakes can be powerful tools for political propaganda, he says.
The incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also been affected. In a fake video reported by the Financial Times in December, she was seen wavering in support for Gaza, which is politically damaging in Bangladesh, where pro-Palestinian sympathies are strong.
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"AI can influence how people choose to vote"
Divyendra Singh Jadoun, 30, was working on AI technology for effects in film and television when he started getting calls from Indian politicians. They wondered if he could make deepfakes – life-like fake videos – for their election campaigns.
India is holding elections in May and disinformation is on the rise, writes Reuters.
Jadoun and his AI company are awaiting the requests that have come in. Humans cannot determine that AI-created clips are fake, he believes.
- There are no guidelines and that is worrying, it can cause people to be influenced in how they vote.
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