Among the problems that have been encountered recently due to the misuse of technology
CNN news anchor Wolf Blitzer is selling a diabetes medicine. The videos on Facebook of CBS Mornings anchor Gail King promoting weight loss pills were deliberately created.
Similarly, Fox News CBC News presenters from major news outlets such as the BBC have also been targeted by AI. The consequences of creating such fake advertisements may reduce the public's trust in the news media and affect the image of journalists.
Some journalists did not rest and responded with their own accounts. CBS Mornings host Gayle King, for example, posted on Instagram in October that she had never heard of the product. He warned the public not to be fooled by AI videos, saying he had never used them.
CNN Health Correspondent Sanjay Gupta responded after a video of himself promoting marijuana products came out, saying, "Those lies have nothing to do with me. I'm concerned that you're putting yourself at risk by using those products."
Unproven medical treatments There are also scams related to investment projects, some of which use images of Tesla electric car company and SpaceX space travel company billionaire Elon Musk. There are also videos with links to e-commerce websites that disappear days later.
mocking Aside from some mocking videos, Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta has been banning such fake videos since early 2020. Other social media sites have similar policies. However, it is still circulating online today. Still found.
Audio cloning
Some videos are of poor quality, so it is easy to distinguish fake from real. However, technology has improved. Technology experts warn that the proliferation of videos to train AI programs has made it easier to target journalists.
If it's a news anchor, because they believe it
That's troubling, said Andrea Hickerson, dean of journalism at the University of Mississippi. "It's a real danger because people don't think that misinformation and lies can spread that way," he said.
Trust issues
The use of AI technology in investment fraud has also grown, with the Federal Trade Commission estimating that Americans lost $3.8 billion in 2022. Other countries, including Canada and Australia, have also seen similar financial scams.
Most Americans worry about AI disruption in politics. According to a September poll conducted by Axios and business firm Morning Consult, more than 50 percent of Americans predict that the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election will be affected by AI.
Gallup's October survey found that only a third of Americans trust the news media. Most of the AI videos circulating online are of poor quality, however. Confidence is still affected. Therefore, news readers should be careful before sharing these posts on social media.
Concerned about the US election
Scenes of Donald Trump's arrest; Videos such as images of the future if Joe Biden wins again have also appeared thanks to AI, and the 2024 US election is even being called "America's first AI election". A video was also released in which Joe Biden announced a draft that would support the Ukrainian side in the war with Russia.
With AI technology, a politician's voice can be duplicated, videos and texts can be created, and voters can decide whether it is real or not. It often looks so real that it's hard to tell whether it's fake or not.
Preventive measures are in place
For such abuses, some US states, including Minnesota, have passed laws that make it a crime to create fake AI videos with the intent to harm politicians (or influence elections).
Recently, Joe Biden signed an executive order encouraging the safe use of AI technology.
Biden also said that plotters just took three seconds of someone's voice to create a fake voice.