Deepfake video of Taylor Swift speaking Mandarin sparks discussion over AI in China

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The lip movements were synced to make it look like she was speaking in Mandarin, and it sounded like Swift’s voice, making the videos so realistic that it led Chinese netizens to express their amazement at the technology and leave comments such as: “This is awesome.”

“The scariest thing is that if someone uses the technology to make fake news, because the AI is able to manipulate the voice and movement of the mouth, people will easily believe it,...it would be “terrible if (this AI technology) is used for fraud”, as criminals can use it to dupe victims for money.

Technology like this has sparked concern over the criminal applications of AI. Earlier in 2023, a scammer in northern China used deepfake technology to convince a man to transfer money to a supposed friend. The scammer used AI-powered face-swopping technology to impersonate a friend of the victim during a video call. The man ended up transferring him some 4.3 million yuan (S$823,000).

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