These were actual bot accounts spreading Russian talking points about France using videos of real people with AI cloned versions of their voices superimposed on the audio track to make it look like they said these things. Why do you care what a non American says about that? - ThreadSky

mschenk.bsky.social • 51 days ago

These were actual bot accounts spreading Russian talking points about France using videos of real people with AI cloned versions of their voices superimposed on the audio track to make it look like they said these things.

Why do you care what a non American says about that?

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starmom45.bsky.social•50 days ago

Excellent selection, @mschenk.bsky.social.
I can find them in several languages. I'm a polyglot (7 languages), and I've found that comparing information in more than one language usually gives me a clearer picture. Thank you for gathering these for us! 🤗👍🏼

idempotentrodent.bsky.social•50 days ago

May I request an example of one of these accounts? Also, what software are they running which has deterministically emitted evidence proving that it’s a malignant “robot” and not simply someone with a counter (and perhaps incorrect) opinion than your own?

mschenk.bsky.social•50 days ago

Bluesky has been pretty agressieve in deleting them, but here is more info if you are interested in learning more: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250110-pro-russian-disinformation-makes-its-bluesky-debut

idempotentrodent.bsky.social•50 days ago

One odd detail: the article claims Russia made “deepfake” videos by taking real video clips (twice) and faking the audio tracks to say false things. But this isn’t deep faking… and it would be an odd strategy because deep faking DOES exist, and doesn’t rely on dubbing audio onto found footage.

mschenk.bsky.social•50 days ago

Voice cloning is also deepfaking. It uses the same type of AI technology, just with audio.

idempotentrodent.bsky.social•50 days ago

True, I just found it strange since the videos were of professors. It’s unlikely the average Bluesky user would recognize a specific French professor by sight, and very likely no one at all would recognize them by their voice. Wouldn’t it make sense to film an entirely fake “professor”, sans AI?

mschenk.bsky.social•50 days ago

You should ask the people who ran these accounts.

idempotentrodent.bsky.social•50 days ago

Thank you for this resource.

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