The mayors of the three major European capitals, Berlin, Madrid and Vienna, have been fooled into having video conversations with their Kiev counterpart Vitaly Klitschko, but he writes that it was in fact a profound sham.Defender”.
Deepfaqs use a form of artificial intelligence called “deep learning” to create images of false events or to create animations with politicians giving false speeches.
Berlin Mayor Francisco Kifi took part in a scheduled conversation on the Webex video conferencing platform on Friday, who looked and sounded like Vitaly Klitschko.
“There is no indication that the video conference call was with a real person,” his office said in a statement.
It was only about 15 minutes later that Franziska Giffey became suspicious, and the so-called mayor of Kiev at the other end of the line began to talk about the problem of Ukrainian refugees fooling the German state, and seemed to ask him. Must be a refugee, deported to Ukraine for military service.
When the connection was cut off shortly after, Berlin City Hall contacted the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, who, after consulting with Kiev officials, confirmed that the person in the previous video conversation was not the real Klitschko. Spiegel.
“It looks like we’re dealing with a deepfaq,” Kifi’s office said.
“Unfortunately, it is a fact that war is being waged in all sorts of ways, including the Internet, to undermine trust through digital means and to discredit Ukraine’s allies and allies,” the mayor of the German capital said.
In turn, Madrid City Hall reported to the police about a man who pretended to be Klitschko in a video conversation with Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida. According to his spokesman, the mayor of the Spanish capital became suspicious and cut short the conversation shortly after it began.
Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he had a video call with former heavyweight boxer Vitaly Klitschko. That tweet was deleted Saturday. Shortly afterwards, the official account of the Austrian capital, Ludwig, appeared to be the victim of a “serious cybercrime case.”
Deepfakes are montages in which one person in an existing image or video is replaced with another person’s image. This falsification of content, created with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, gives perfect authenticity. Sometimes falling into the category of funny, pranks are dangerous when used to manipulate deepfaqs, credible false news, threats or financial fraud.
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