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Convincing AI deepfakes of politicians are getting easier, report warns - National | Globalnews.ca


Researchers at the Center for Countering Digital Hate tested six popular online AI voice cloning tools to determine how easy it is to create misleading audio of politicians.

Of the six tools, the report found only ElevenLabs had what researchers deemed sufficient safety measures — which the company calls “no-go voices” — that immediately blocked the creation of false audio clips of Biden, Trump, Harris, Sunak and Starmer. Deepfake audio clips posted online last year falsely appeared to capture Starmer, the leading candidate for British prime minister in July’s election, abusing Labour Party staffers and criticizing the city of Liverpool. During the recent election campaign last fall in Slovakia — where newly-elected Prime Minister Robert Fico survived an assassination attempt earlier this month — an audio clip went viral that allegedly captured liberal party leader Michal Šimečka discussing how to rig the vote with a journalist.

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