Indian political parties embrace deepfakes for 2024 Lok Sabha Election campaigns
10 months ago

Indian political parties embrace deepfakes for 2024 Lok Sabha Election campaigns

Live Mint  

The poll bungle has been sounded, as India prepares to witness yet another dance of democracy during the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. According to an Al Jazeera report, teams across India’s political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Congress, are deploying deepfakes to influence voters. In three videos, Tiwari addressed voters in Delhi ahead of the capital’s legislative assembly elections in Hindi, Haryanvi and English – reaching three distinct audiences in the multicultural city. Launched in October 2020, his company cloned the voice of Rajasthan state’s Congress chief ministerial candidate Ashok Gehlot for his team to send personalised messages on WhatsApp, addressing each voter by their name, during November Rajasthan Assembly elections. “It is just a part of the campaign strategy.” AI-manipulated audios are particularly valuable tools in smaller constituencies, “targeting candidates with forged call recordings about arranging ‘black money’ for elections or threatening someone to buy votes,” the consultant said, whose own candidate was targeted with one such recording.

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Deepfakes and Indian elections: A case of much ado about nothing
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Deepfakes and Indian elections: A case of much ado about nothing

Live Mint  

As the age of AI dawns upon us, it has brought excitement and trepidation in equal measure. The trepidation was mostly around AI-generated deepfakes and how they could change voter minds, influence elections and thus subvert democracy. A post facto analysis done by two Harvard Kennedy School scholars Vandinika Shukla and Bruce Schneier concluded that AI was mostly used constructively, …

Deepfakes take just minutes to make with artificial intelligence. Here’s how Indian political parties use them against opponents
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Deepfakes take just minutes to make with artificial intelligence. Here’s how Indian political parties use them against opponents

ABC  

Muthuvel Karunanidhi, an iconic Indian actor-turned-politician, made a surprising appearance in January ahead of the Indian election. Divyendra Singh Jadoun — who gained fame under the YouTube channel, The Indian Deepfaker — is no stranger to such content after doing work in film and His firm Polymath Synthetic Media Solutions is one of many deepfake service providers catering to political …

Deepfakes of Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh raise worries over AI misuse in Lok Sabha election 2024
8 months ago

Deepfakes of Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh raise worries over AI misuse in Lok Sabha election 2024

Hindustan Times  

In fake videos that have gone viral online, two of India's A-lister Bollywood actors are seen criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asking people to vote for the opposition Congress party in the country's ongoing general election. Indian actor Aamir Khan In a 30-second video that shows Aamir Khan and another 41-second clip of Ranveer Singh, the two Bollywood actors …

Elections During the Time of AI & Deepfakes: How Dangerous It is, Can We Do Something About It?
9 months ago

Elections During the Time of AI & Deepfakes: How Dangerous It is, Can We Do Something About It?

News 18  

M Karunanidhi, the DMK patriarch who died in 2018, appeared on a big screen as Tamil Nadu chief minister unveiled the party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha election. With the world’s biggest elections taking place in the country, AI and deepfakes are making their way into electioneering by promoting certain candidates and sending personalised messages to the targeted audience. “Deepfakes …

Election disinformation takes a big leap with AI being used to deceive worldwide
9 months, 1 week ago

Election disinformation takes a big leap with AI being used to deceive worldwide

Associated Press  

LONDON — Artificial intelligence is supercharging the threat of election disinformation worldwide, making it easy for anyone with a smartphone and a devious imagination to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters. Some recent examples of AI deepfakes include: — A video of Moldova’s pro-Western president throwing her support behind a political party friendly to Russia. …

How AI will be a double edged sword in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls
10 months ago

How AI will be a double edged sword in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls

Live Mint  

The AI frenzy is likely to have vast implications for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India. Legal challenges in dealing with AI-generated fake news Underlining the legal challenge of tackling AI-generated misinformation, Gangesh Varma, Principal Associate, Saraf and Partners, said that the definition of fake news or misinformation is complicated, and the problem is not limited to India and …

Deepfake democracy: Behind the AI trickery shaping India’s 2024 election
10 months ago

Deepfake democracy: Behind the AI trickery shaping India’s 2024 election

Al Jazeera  

Want an opponent to campaign for you? “Politics is about creating perception; with AI tools and a click, you can turn the perception on its head in a minute,” said Arun Reddy, the national coordinator for social media at the Congress, who oversaw the party’s tech-savvy Telangana election. “But I know many people who are doing it for very low …

India Today uncovers potential deepfake onslaught on 2024 Lok Sabha poll campaigns
11 months, 4 weeks ago

India Today uncovers potential deepfake onslaught on 2024 Lok Sabha poll campaigns

India Today  

What was once relegated to the realm of science fiction appears to have become a formidable weapon in the political landscape of the country. An India Today investigation has exposed covert operations by digital manipulators seeking to influence public opinion ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections through the insidious use of deepfake technology. Essentially, it's about portraying opposition candidates …

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