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Voice cloning of political figures is still easy as pie
The Center for Countering Digital Hate looked at 6 different AI-powered voice cloning services: Invideo AI, Veed, ElevenLabs, Speechify, Descript, and PlayHT. For each, they attempted to make the service clone the voices of eight major political figures and generate five false statements in each voice. In 193 out of the 240 total requests, the service complied, generating convincing audio of the fake politician saying something they have never said. One service even helped out by generating the script for the disinformation itself!
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Analyst Comments:
In addition to legitimate uses, AI can be used to promote misinformation, disinformation, malinformation; and to carry out cybercrimes and scams.
Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) and their members should consider being alert to deepfakes and other AI deceptions. The following resources can be used to understand and detect deepfakes and other AI deceptions.
NPR: 4 tips for spotting deepfakes and other AI-generated images
Fast Company: Tech tips to identify AI-generated deepfake images
NSA, FBI, and CISA Release Cybersecurity Information Sheet on Deepfake Threats, PDF
While CISA’s Analyst Comments: RISK IN FOCUS: GENERATIVE A.I. AND THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE’s focus is the election cycle, it’s Generative AI Taxonomy and Mitigation sections can be of use by FBOs and their members.
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