AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

December 1, 2022

An incident involving Synthesia's AI-powered video tool, abused by Spamouflage to spread pro-China propaganda on social media, underscores the importance of trustworthy and safe AI practices.

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Alleged deployer: spamouflage-dragon
Alleged developer: synthesia
Alleged harmed parties: youtube-users, twitter-users, synthesia, facebook-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/486

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