Brit AI video tech caught up in pro-PRC disinformation campaign
Deepfake videos online featuring AI-generated news anchors spouting pro-Chinese government propaganda are likely the creations of a prolific disinformation crew dubbed Spamouflage.
These videos represent"the first time Graphika has observed state-aligned IO [influence operation] actors using video footage of AI-generated fictitious people in their operations," the social media analytics firm's researchers reported, detailing the Spamouflage deepfakes in a report [The videos show a male and female broadcaster, both purporting to be reporting for a media company called Wolf News. In one, the news anchor condemns America for its failures to stop gun violence.
"At first glance, the Wolf News anchors present as real people," Graphika said."Our initial hypothesis was that they were paid actors that had been recruited to appear in the videos."including Google who track the miscreants as Dragonbridge and have documented their use of real people on camera in their earlier disinformation campaigns.