MEA Fact-Checks Deepfake Clip Shared by Prashant Bhushan on Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
By India Today
The Ministry of External Affairs has fact-checked and discredited a digitally manipulated deepfake video shared by senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan. The AI-generated video falsely showed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticising India over internal affairs and oil purchases. Official…
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Deepfake
A realistic but fake image, video or audio clip made with AI to show someone saying or doing something they did not.
Deepfakes can spread misinformation and harm reputations, especially around elections.
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Computer systems that perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as understanding language, recognising images or making decisions.
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