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Singapore PM Lee issues warning after deepfake video of him ‘promoting’ crypto investment emerges
- The clip purportedly shows Lee Hsien Loong talking about a government-backed ‘transformative investment platform envisioned by Elon Musk’
- He added his deputy Lawrence Wong was also targeted, urging Singaporeans to remain vigilant against such scams
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged the public not to respond to deepfake videos of him promising guaranteed returns on investments after one such video emerged on social media platforms in recent days.
In a post on his Facebook page on Friday morning, Lee said he was aware of several videos circulating of him “purporting to promote cryptocurrency scams”, adding that Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong had also been targeted.
“The scammers use AI (artificial intelligence) technology to mimic our voices and images,” Lee said.
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“They transform real footage of us taken from official events into very convincing but completely bogus videos of us purporting to say things that we have never said.”
One such altered video depicts Lee in an interview with a presenter from the Chinese news network CGTN in a segment titled “Leaders Talk”.
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The video has been altered to make it seem like he is talking about a government-sanctioned “transformative investment platform envisioned by Elon Musk”.
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