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AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
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In brief
An AI system built by Voice Cloning Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers and 2 others and deployed by Wei Chun Yu, Synthetic Media Creators and 3 others allegedly harmed Youtube Users, Public Figures and 6 others.
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- Not classified
- Occurred
- Coverage
- 6 reports
What happened
A political video titled "It's Out of Your Control" reportedly used an AI-generated voice resembling Taiwan President Lai Ching-te while criticizing the government's response to a cooking-oil safety scandal. Police said the voice could be mistaken for Lai and later confirmed it was AI-generated. Opposition figures defended the video as political expression while prosecutors opened a forgery investigation.
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News reports (6)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Wei Chun Yu, Synthetic Media Creators, Political Operatives, Information Manipulation Actors In Taiwan, Information Manipulation Actors
- Alleged harmed party
- Youtube Users, Public Figures, Political Figures, Lai Ching Te, General Public Of Taiwan, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic Integrity
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Source record: incident #1647 on the AI Incident Database · all 6 reports