FACT CHECK: Ad for baldness ‘cure’ used face manipulation, AI-generated audio

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FACT CHECK: Ad for baldness ‘cure’ used face manipulation, AI-generated audio
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The ad manipulated a clip from a GMA News report and a two-year-old TikTok video by Dr. Vicky Belo about hair maintenance

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GMA News broadcaster Emil Sumangil reported about a product called Hair Growth Essence, a cure for hereditary baldness allegedly developed by dermatologist Dr. Vicky Belo.The Facebook ad containing the claim has now accumulated 1 million views, 4,800 reactions, and 2,400 comments, as of writing.used Face Manipulation Detector on the ad to scan for “potential AI manipulation of faces present in images and videos” and found, with “100% confidence,” that it used AI-manipulated audio.

The tool’s AI-generated Audio Detector also found “substantial evidence” that the ad was “created by an AI generator or cloning.”that its authorized officials signed the Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance of doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy, who claimed to be affiliated with the party for his senatorial bid. (READ:newscast. Sumangil did not mention Hair Growth Essence in the report. The photo of a bald head superimposed on Sumangil’s clip was also nowhere to be seen in the original video.

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