Campaign Featuring Purported AI-Generated Audio Attributed to Omar al-Bashir Spreads During Sudanese Conflict

August 20, 2023

In late August 2023, a TikTok channel named The Voice of Sudan disseminated dubious AI-generated audio claiming to be leaked recordings of former president Omar al-Bashir. These voice-cloned audio snippets were found to originate from unrelated broadcasts by a political commentator, according to experts. This campaign surfaced during the civil conflict in Sudan and seemed intended to shape political perspectives. TikTok eventually deleted the account for breaching synthetic media guidelines.

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Alleged deployer: the-voice-of-sudan
Alleged developer: unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers, unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties: omar-al-bashir, general-public-of-sudan, general-public, epistemic-integrity, truth, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders

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