2024-03-14
18 分钟It all began with a 49 second audio clip which sounded a lot like the mayor of Mexico City.
Y no me malentiendas, por favor.
No e que no quiera a ser le caso a la jefa.
It sparked a debate about whether what you've just heard is real or fake, and whether a new law should be introduced to control the spread of AI generated content in Mexico.
That's how the editorial team sort of decided to prioritize it because it was going viral at the time and it had a big impact on the political context of this ongoing electoral process.
Many people start to believe that it was leaked from the inside.
It was an inside job.
I'm Jack Goodman and in this episode of the documentary from BBC Trending, I'll be trying to establish the truth behind an audio deep fake scandal.
The ability today to synthesize highly realistic human voice is really impressive.
And if we were having this conversation a year ago, I would have told you, yeah, you can't do that.
You can't clone the person's voice that realistically.
I'll be speaking to one of the world's leading experts in detecting fake content created using artificial intelligence or AI.
What can we learn from him about the developments and stumbling blocks within this emerging field?
And what could all this mean for the coming year when about half of the world's adults will be heading to the polls and elections, including in India, the US and Mexico?
It's a big year for elections.
It's also a big year for generative AI.
This is the perfect storm.
It's hard to believe right now who's saying the truth and who's saying lies.
Carlos Pina is a disinformation researcher based in Mexico city.
At around 10pm on 31 October, he was browsing social media and came across what purports to be a leaked recording of the mayor of Mexico City.