Experts have monish for years that deepfakes could be weaponize during a war of misinformation . Acting on this advice , to begin with this calendar month the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security warned that Putin may apply deepfakes to make it seem like President Zelensky had surrender .
" Imagine seeing Vladimir Zelensky on telly making a surrender statement . You see it , you hear it – so it ’s dependable . But this is not the verity . This is deepfake technology . This will not be a actual TV , but create through machine learning algorithmic program , " theFacebook postby the Centerread .
" Videos made through such technologies are almost unsufferable to differentiate from the real ones . Be aware – this is a fake ! His finish is to disorient , sow panic , disbelieve citizens and incite our scout group to retreat . "
The warning proved prescient , as TV channel Ukraine-24 was hack on Wednesday , with a deepfake being disseminate . The fake video appeared to be Zelensky give up to Russia . The video , even to relatively untrained eyes , is clearly a bad fake .
In the video , bastard Zelenskysays that " it turn out to be not so well-heeled being the president " , before directing soldier to " lay down arms and return to your families . It is not worth it dying in this warfare . My advice to you is to live . I am going to do the same . "
Ukraine 24 – and Zelensky himself – confirmed that the video was a phony .
" The running logical argument of the ' Ukraine 24 ' TV epithelial duct and the ' Today ' website were hacked by enemy hackers and air Zelensky ’s message about alleged ' capitulation ' ❗ ️ ❗ ️ ❗ ️ THIS IS FAKE ! phoney ! " the TV channel write . " Friends , we have repeatedly warned about this . No one is decease to give up . specially , in the condition when the Russian US Army suffers losses in fight with the Ukrainian ground forces ! "
However , the fakeness was primarily support through the sensation of sight and hearing . The head word of the imposter is differently sized than Zelensky ’s head , for example , and looks like swim some fashion in front of the neck opening thanks to some wretched phantom or blend body of work . Theaccent is also amiss , with some suggest there is a Russian shade to it .
While this one may have been unconvincing , there is a danger that better fakes could gull enough hoi polloi to stimulate problems . An expert in digital media forensics at the University of California , Hany Farid , told NPRthat there would probably be more to come .
" This is the first one we ’ve seen that really develop some legs , but I mistrust it ’s the steer of the iceberg lettuce . "
