The Presidential Communications Office warns against an ‘audio deepfake’ that made it appear President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the military to ‘act against a particular foreign country.’
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/malacanang-flags-deepfake-audio-marcos-ordering-military-attack-april-2024/
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00:00The Presidential Communications Office warns against an audio deepfake that made it appear
00:06President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the military to act against a particular foreign
00:11country.
00:12The PCO says no such directive exists nor has been made.
00:16The video features audio designed to sound like Marcos, ordering the armed forces and
00:21special task groups to act however they deem appropriate should China attack the Philippines.
00:27Photos of Chinese activities in the West Philippine Sea flash in the video as a slideshow
00:31as the audio plays.
00:34Deepfakes are usually made using techniques from machine learning and generative artificial
00:38intelligence to fabricate media.
00:40The PCO says it was working with various agencies to actively address the proliferation of deepfakes
00:46and other generative AI content.
00:48The fake audio recording comes at a particularly tense time for Philippine and Chinese bilateral
00:53relations.