President Biden calls for US draft deepfake
A video in which US President Joe Biden appeared to call for a military draft was created with AI, according to experts. The clip, which was based on a video showing President Biden speaking about the cost of insulin, was first flagged by Meta during the early days of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, though a longer version had been shared in February 2023 by Conservative activist Jack Posobiec and Canadian website Post Millennial. In both videos, Biden appeared to say, 'Invoke the Selective Service Act, as is my authority as President. Remember, you’re not sending your sons and daughters to war. You’re sending them to freedom.' But only the first clip indicated it had been altered using artificial intelligence, saying, ' AI imagines what would happen if Biden declares and activates the Selective Service Act and begins drafting 20 years old to war. ' The video seemed designed to raise fears about US defence policy, and to damage Biden's reputation. A spokesperson for the Selective Service System told USA Today the claim was false and that there had been no discussion of bringing back the draft. Deepfake Deepfakes (a portmanteau of ' deep learning ' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Unknown Documents 📃 Deepfake video President Biden Delivers Remarks on Lowering Insulin Costs Operator: Developer: Country: USA Sector: Politics Purpose: Manipulate public opinion Technology: Deepfake - audio, video; Machine learning Issue: E thics/values; Mis/disinformation Fact check 🚩 AFP (2023). Biden deepfake announcing US draft resurfaces amid Israel-Hamas war Reuters (2023). Fact Check: Video of Joe Biden calling for a military draft was created with AI
- Date it happened
- 2023-02-01
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