AI-generated videos of heavily armed Australian border force at sea shared thousands of times
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AI-generated videos showing the Australian border force intercepting small boats have been shared thousands of times on Facebook. The videos are not real and were made using artificial intelligence.
Videos supposedly showing the Australian border force intercepting small boats have been shared thousands of times on Facebook. However, they are not real and were made using artificial intelligence (AI). The clips show border force officials stopping vessels, with one threatening to open fire and then doing so. Google's large language model Gemini detected a SynthID digital watermark in the audio and visual components, indicating they were generated or altered with Google AI. Visual clues, such as distorted faces and bodies, glitching boats, and morphing bodies, also suggest AI generation. The videos were shared with captions suggesting Australia is taking strong action to protect its borders, and some called for the UK to implement a similar policy.
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