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Deepfake 'news anchors' in pro-China report - researchers

The "news broadcasters" appear stunningly real, but they are AI-generated deepfakes in a first-of-its-kind propaganda video that a research report published on Feb 7, 2023 attributed to Chinese state-aligned actors.

WASHINGTON: The "news broadcasters" appear stunningly real, but they are AI-generated deepfakes in first-of-their-kind propaganda videos that a research report published Tuesday attributed to Chinese state-aligned actors.

The fake anchors -- for a fictious news outlet called Wolf News -- were created by artificial intelligence software and appeared in footage on social media that seemed to promote the interests of the Chinese Communist Party, US-based research firm Graphika said in its report.

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