This TikTok video is fake, but every word was taken from a real creator

TikTok researchers and users say there is yet another type of deception to look out for on the hit video app: Deepfake videos that copy the exact words of a real creator but in a different voice. In this case, the screenshot on the left is the original TikTok video; on the right is a copy using an apparently AI-generated persona. Bronson Arcuri/NPR/@aliunfiltered_

Bronson Arcuri/NPR/@aliunfiltered_

Millions of TikTokkers have watched some version of a video in the past week falsely stating that “they’re installing incinerators at Alligator Alcatraz,” referring to an internet conspiracy theory that furnaces were being set up

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