Deepfake Audio Of Philippine President Urging Military Action Against China Sparks Concerns
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The audio features a deepfake voice of Marcos Jr, where he indicates to his military to intervene if China poses a threat to the Philippines.
In a scary incident, a fabricated audio clip featuring Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. instructing his military to respond to China has raised significant alarm among Manila's government officials. They caution that this could have implications for the nation's foreign policy.
The manipulated audio features a deep fake voice of Marcos Jr, where he purportedly indicates to his military to intervene if China poses a threat to the Philippines. He adds that he cannot tolerate further harm to Filipinos by Beijing.
Deepfake technology involves the use of artificial intelligence to replace aspects of a person's appearance or voice with those of another individual in synthetic media.