A deepfake of the acting head of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, has appeared on the Internet. The Telegram channel writes that in the video the fake acting head of the governor calls on all men in the region to come to the military registration and enlistment offices to get weapons. Base.
The fake video first started spreading on Ukrainian channels, and then quickly found its way onto Kursk’s public pages.
In fact, there were no posts with such content on Alexey Smirnov’s Telegram channel. The original video (right) is a statement by the acting governor about the difficult situation at the border and an appeal to citizens not to succumb to provocations.
Russian scientists previously taught Neural network to find deep fakes to enhance images.
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Source: Gazeta
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