While the video, from Ranveer Singh’s latest go to to Varanasi, seems real, the audio is of an AI-enabled voice clone of his. In photograph, Bollywood actors Kirti Sanon and Ranveer Singh together with dressmaker Manish Malhotra, arrive to supply prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, in Varanasi. File
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After superstar Aamir Khan flagged a deepfake video of himself, a purported election pitch for a sure political party, actor Ranveer Singh has turn out to be the most recent sufferer of the menace sweeping the trade.
A video of the actor of Padmaavat fame just lately surfaced on-line during which he’s purportedly heard voicing his political views. However, it now seems that the video was made utilizing a synthetic intelligence voice clone of the actor.
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While the video, from the actor’s latest go to to Varanasi, seems real, the audio is of an AI-enabled voice clone of Ranveer.
The actor, married to Bollywood magnificence Deepika Padukone, just lately turned showstopper together with one other outstanding trade face, Kriti Sanon, at an open-air vogue present by the Ganges in Varanasi. The present was organised by prime couturier Manish Malhotra.
During his go to to the traditional metropolis, which occurs to be one of many world’s oldest pilgrimage websites, Ranveer spoke extremely of the adjustments which have come about by way of the general public infrastructure overhaul whereas additionally sharing his ‘divine’ expertise of town.
Taking to his Instagram Story on Friday, Ranveer dropped a submit during which he wrote, “Deepfake se bacho doston (Friends, beware of deepfakes).”
While the submit had nothing on the clip doing the rounds of social media at present, it was evidently in response to his deepfake video.
Meanwhile, on the work entrance, Ranveer can be seen reprising his position of Simmba in Rohit Shetty’s cop drama Singham Again, which additionally stars Deepika Padukone, actors Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff and Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Ranveer may even headline Farhan Akhtar’s Don 3, which is able to arrive in 2025.
While asserting the movie, Farhan requested the viewers to provide the identical like to Ranveer as they showered on earlier Don instalments.
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“In 1978, a character created by Salim-Javed and portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan with effortless elan, captured the imagination of theatregoers across the country. That enigmatic character was Don. In 2006, Don was reimagined and brought to life by Shah Rukh Khan in his own irresistibly charming way,” he wrote.
“The time has now come to take the legacy of Don forward and joining us in this new interpretation will be an actor whose talent and versatility I have long admired. We hope that you will show him the love you have so graciously and generously shown to Mr Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan,” the submit additional learn.