Chinese state-aligned actors are using AI-generated deepfake news broadcasters to peddle pro-China propaganda videos for social media platforms, a new research report claims.
Research firm Graphika said it discovered the deepfakes on social media while tracking pro-China disinformation operations known as 'spamouflage'
"This is the first time we've seen a state-aligned operation use AI-generated video footage of a fictitious person to create deceptive political content," Jack Stubbs, vice president of intelligence at Graphika, told AFP. In the second, a female anchor stresses the importance of "great power cooperation" between China and the United States.
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