Fake anchors, real propaganda: AI avatars push Beijing's talking points
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The rulebook said no political content. The propagandists apparently did not get the memo.
What happened
Graphika reported that the pro-China Spamouflage operation distributed AI-generated news-anchor videos under the 'Wolf News' brand on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, starting in late November 2022. The videos were made with Synthesia's AI video software, which bars political content, and used synthetic voices over archival footage.