Summary
Researchers and users have found fake TikTok videos where AI copies the exact words of real creators, but uses a different voice and image. These videos, known as deepfakes, can trick people into believing false information, like a recent rumor about incinerators in a Florida detention facility.
Key Facts
- Fake TikTok videos use AI to copy creators' exact words with a different voice and image.
- These AI-made videos are known as deepfakes.
- A rumor about incinerators in a Florida detention center spread on TikTok using these deepfake videos.
- One video with the false rumor got nearly 20 million views.
- Two forensic experts confirmed these videos were made using AI tools.
- TikTok requires users to label AI-generated content, but many videos are not labeled correctly.
- A digital forensics professor noted that AI can easily copy people's exact words.
- Ali Palmer, a TikTok creator, found her words copied by AI, which she reported but found no action was taken.
