The Department of Information and Communications Technology on Tuesday warned the general public in regards to the unfold of “deepfakes”—movies that mimic the voices and pictures of outstanding personalities—because the 2025 midterm elections draw close to.
According to Jonathan Andal’s report on “24 Oras,” the DICT referred to as on the House of Representatives to craft a legislation to control synthetic intelligence which is getting used to provide you with false footage.
“We believe that, especially with the upcoming elections, this particular threat might increase,” DICT Undersecretary Jeff Ian Dy stated earlier than a House committee listening to.
He cited the pretend movies that featured the face and voice of GMA host Susan Enriquez, who was made to seem that she was selling the distribution of a specific necklace from Italy.
“Gamit po ang kanyang video, pati yung kanyang audio recording na di-nub doon sa video niya to make it look like she’s endorsing a particular product, when in fact she did not,” he added.
(They used her video and her audio recording, dubbed within the video to make it seem like she’s endorsing a specific product when she was not.)
Cybersecurity knowledgeable Art Samaniego stated a legislation is required to forestall the specter of AI earlier than the elections.
“Wala pa tayong batas laban sa deep fakes. Malapit na po ang election dapat gumawa tayo ng batas dito para ma-regulate ang paggamit ng AI,” Samaniego said.
(We still don’t have a law against deep fakes. The election is coming. We should make a law to regulate the use of AI.)
Aside from the deepfakes, the DICT also reported that Chinese hackers caused the cyber attack that happened on some government websites.
Among those targeted by hackers are the websites of those watching over the West Philippine Sea, namely the Philippine Coast Guard and the National Coast Watch System.
They also targeted DICT, the Department of Justice, the Congressional Police and Budget Research Department of the House of Representatives, and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s private website.
However, the DICT said they currently have no evidence to say that this hacking attempt has the blessing of the Chinese government.
“The sort of assault used could be very subtle. I might name it theoretically excellent — pinagaralan at magagaling yung gumawa ng malware,” stated Dy.
(The malware’s creator is nice, and it was totally studied.) —Sherylin Untalan/NB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
