One example of such a video is a fabricated interview featuring CNA news presenter Loke Wei Sue and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk circulating on YouTube.
SINGAPORE: Seen an online video of a newscaster or a news interviewee touting a financial or investment opportunity that seemed somewhat odd and unnatural? You're not alone., are circulating online, and scammers have been quick to exploit new, more accessible tools to produce AI-generated content.
In one recent example, scammers faked a video of CNA newscaster Loke Wei Sue"interviewing" Tesla Motors CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk. The video uses CNA and Mediacorp branding without authorisation and Ms Loke and Mr Musk have their voices dubbed over.One version of the video titled"SG New System" was uploaded by a user named “Migliorare” on Jul 12, 2023. It has since garnered more than 60,000 views despite it being an unlisted video.
“We are currently looking into the issue and will act on content that violates these policies,” the spokesperson added.Quality of deepfaked videos tends to be blurry to mask manipulation. Voices on such videos are also often inconsistent with mouth movements. National University of Singapore Associate Professor Terence Sim, whose research interest and expertise include on deepfake synthesis and detection, said these signs generally fall into three categories:Assoc Prof Sim said physical artefacts could include visual imperfections. In the case of the abovementioned fake interview clip, one such example is Ms Loke's noticeable voice change when it “changed significantly … It became more British,” he said.
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