AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media
Description
Synthesia's AI-generated video-making tool was reportedly used by Spamouflage to disseminate pro-China propaganda news on social media using videos featuring highly realistic fictitious news anchors.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- spamouflage-dragon
Alleged Developers
- synthesia
Harmed Parties
- youtube-users
- synthesia
- facebook-users
- x-(twitter)-users
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.1. Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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