• Ta primer poudarja vse večjo razširjenost goljufij, ki jih poganja AI.
  • Singapur je ljudi opozoril, naj bodo previdni in zaupajo le uradnim virom.

Premier Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore has issued a public warning against a new kind of cyber fraud that employs deepfake technology. Recent Facebook posts of his have drawn attention to the proliferation of videos purporting to show him encouraging kripto frauds, which he claims are the product of AI.

Ta goljufiva dejanja kažejo, kako spletne prevare postajajo vse bolj zapletene in kako se sodobna tehnologija uporablja za pretentanje ljudi.

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Scammers now have a powerful weapon in deepfake technology, which allows them to manipulate real video to make material that is very convincing yet completely fake. Recently, a deepfake video surfaced claiming that entrepreneur Elon Musk has an idea for a cryptocurrency investment platform—a platform that does not exist—and that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong endorses it.

Ta video prikazuje, kako deepfake technology can modify an interview on CGTN to an unsettling degree of realism. The increasing prevalence of AI-powered frauds is highlighted by this instance. These videos, Prime Minister Lee said, are harmful and misleading because they might trick people into investing in scams.

Poleg tega je vlada Singapurja ljudi opozorila, naj bodo previdni in informacije zaupajo le uradnim virom. Uporaba uglednih osebnosti v finančnih shemah ni novost. Takšne sheme so bile večkrat tarča predsednika vlade, prejšnji incidenti pa segajo v leto 2018.

Bili so časi, ko je morala vlada posvariti javnost pred shemami kripto naložb, ki so podajale zavajajoče trditve glede podpore predsednika vlade. Javna opozorila so bila ponovno izdana julija, ko se je pojavil še en lažni videoposnetek z Lee Hsien Loongom v glavni vlogi.

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