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There is a growing number of fake videos on social media made with technology powered by AI. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Many of the video clips featuring synthesised voices appeared to use technology from ElevenLabs, an American startup co-founded by a former Google engineer.

ElevenLabs attracted attention last month after 4chan, a message board known for racist and conspiratorial content, used the tool to share hateful messages. But 4chan users said they would create their own version of the voice-cloning technology using open source code, posting demos that sound similar to audio produced by ElevenLabs.

Mr Rogan’s clip was taken from an unrelated interview posted in December with Mr Fedor Gorst, a professional pool player.If the video convinced TikTok users, it was hard to tell: It attracted far more attention after it was flagged for its impressive fakery.TikTok’s policies prohibit digital forgeries “that mislead users by distorting the truth of events and cause significant harm to the subject of the video, other persons or society”.

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