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According to a report by the Global Times on November 6, a fake video of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, made by a 25-year-old man in Japan with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, went viral.
On the screen, Japanese Prime Minister "Fumio Kishida" in a suit appeared, and he made a malicious remark for more than three minutes. In the upper right corner of the screen, the logo of the news program of Nippon TV, a private Japanese television station, is displayed with the words "LIVE" and "BREAKING NEWS", giving the impression that Fumio Kishida is broadcasting urgent news.
And this is actually a fake video made by a 25-year-old man in Japan with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Recently, the video went viral, with more than 2.3 million views. The man said in an interview that the entire production of the video took only one hour.
The video sparked widespread criticism, with Nippon television saying it would "not tolerate such behavior" and would take action. According to reports, the man began making fake videos of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and others last year, saying that he "just wanted to be funny." Previously, in response to the frequent fake videos, Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications had warned: "The spread of false and misinformation will cause social division, which in turn will lead to a crisis of democracy." ”
On November 4, the man posted an apology on social media.
In fact, long before Fumio Kishida was faked by AI, fake videos of politicians in European and American countries were repeatedly banned. For example, since the beginning of this year, an AI video of US President Joe Biden announcing the start of World War III has been produced and disseminated by political activists.
In recent years, AI technology has been widely used in the secondary creation of short videos, which has led to a large number of controversies such as "AI face swapping" and "AI voice swapping", and even caused "AI fraud".
In fact, any technology is a double-edged sword, which can not only promote social progress, but also dig out the hidden evil in human nature. The positive impact it has on society is also obvious, such as improving the efficiency of people's content creation, giving birth to new forms of technology and value models, and generating new employment opportunities. The most important thing is that any technology should be developed within a controllable and supervised scope, and this should undoubtedly be the consensus of the whole society.