Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised his ministers to avoid controversies and be cautious of deepfakes ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024.
The Prime Minister issued the fresh warning during his nearly hour-long address while chairing the last formal meeting of his Council of Ministers in New Delhi on March 3.
“Please be mindful before making any statements. Nowadays, there is a trend of deepfake in which voice, etc can be altered, be cautious of this”, NDTV quoted a source attributing to the Prime Minister as saying.
The meeting was convened to brainstorm on the vision document ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ ahead of the April-May Lok Sabha Elections. It was held a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha 2024 polls. PM Modi will again contest from Varanasi, UP, while Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, has been fielded from Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
By deepfakes, the prime minister, referred to the Artificial Intelligence-generated audio, images and videos of candidates that have the potential to distort reality in the run up to 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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