The regime of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has been spreading disinformation with artificial intelligence- (AI) generated newscasters, who only deliver news favorable to the regime, highlighting how the technology is used to further its narrative, Spanish daily El País reported.
According to the report, based on a study by Venezuelan nongovernmental organization (NGO) Cazadores de Fake News, both ‘journalists’ Daren and Noah, who appear in various fictitious digital newscasts speaking English, such as the Venezuelan newscast House of News, were created with AI from the Synthesia software’s catalog of more than 100 multiracial faces.
“Regimes like Venezuela or China create fake avatars, photographs, and videos with a political purpose, distorting reality,” Victor Ruiz, founder of the Mexico-based cybersecurity center SILIKN, told Diálogo on April 10. “This way they…
