AI-generated audio was used to create a fake video of a news anchor confronting Pakistan's Prime Minister about government spending, which was widely shared on social media platforms and viewed by hundreds of thousands of people before being debunked.
In March 2025, a manipulated video began circulating on social media platforms showing an interviewer allegedly confronting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif about contradictions between seeking financial aid and funding government trips. The video was first shared on March 23, 2025, by retired army officer Adil Raja, gaining 81,100 views, and spread across TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) with the original TikTok post receiving 589,000 views. The video used AI-generated audio dubbed over an authentic January 17, 2023 interview from Al-Arabiya news outlet that was originally broadcast by PTV News. Fact-checkers from iVerify Pakistan investigated the content using multiple AI-detection tools, with Attestiv.ai assigning a 93% suspicion rating and ChatGPT's Deepfake Detective determining manipulation with 95% certainty. Visual analysis revealed discrepancies in lip-syncing where the interviewer's voice did not align with mouth movements, and the Prime Minister's lip movements did not correspond to the dubbed words. The original 18-minute interview discussed diplomatic relations, Pakistan-India tensions, and economic conditions, but contained no confrontation about government delegation expenses as alleged in the manipulated version.
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Using AI systems to conduct large-scale disinformation campaigns, malicious surveillance, or targeted and sophisticated automated censorship and propaganda, with the aim of manipulating political processes, public opinion, and behavior.
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