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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:15:42 -0400 (EDT)
Aditya Kalra, Munsif Vengattil, Dhwani Pandya, et al.,
*Reuters*, 22 Apr 2024, via ACM TechNews
Deepfake videos of A-list Bollywood actors Aamir Khan (pictured, right) and
Ranveer Singh (left) criticizing India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center)
have gone viral. The videos, which call on viewers to vote for the
opposition Congress party, have generated concerns about the use of AI to
influence the nation's ongoing general election. Reuters found that the
videos had been viewed more than 500,000 times on social media since last
week. At least eight fact-checking websites determined the videos to be
altered or manipulated, but it remains unclear who created them.