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British journalist's AI-cloned voice used in far-right YouTube propaganda videos

Aug 1, 2024United Kingdom1 source

Summary

A journalist's AI-cloned voice was used in far-right propaganda without her consent. The voiceover appeared in a video on a far-right YouTube channel with around 200,000 subscribers. The video claimed a British student's concerns about learning about Islam in school were "disgusting," using the cloned voice. The voice was traced back to Georgina Findlay, a presenter for a YouTube news channel. The AI-generated voice was used in eight of the channel’s most recent videos, with one video from five months earlier reaching 10 million views. The incident highlights the growing use of AI voice cloning in disinformation campaigns.

Incident Details

Domain
Privacy & Surveillance

Unauthorized collection, tracking, or exposure of personal data and private information.

Harm Types
Deepfake NCII
Mechanism
content
Platforms
InstagramYouTube
Companies
OpenAI
Recipient
IndividualGeorgina Findlay
Dimensions
reputationalautonomydiscriminatory

Sources

1
‘You’re gonna find this creepy’: my AI-cloned voice was used by the far right. Could I stop it? | Georgina Findlay - The Guardian
Google News Historical Backfill·Jan 8, 2025

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