On 5th November, a deepfake video of popular actress Rashmika Mandanna went viral like wildfire on social media. A major conversation was sparked on the internet about how dangerous this AI act is and how massively it can impact an individual¡¯s public image.
Zara Patel took to Instagram and wrote, ¡°Hi all, it has come to my attention that someone created a deepfake video using my body and a popular Bollywood actress's face. I had no involvement with the deepfake video, and I'm deeply disturbed and upset by what is happening.¡±
¡°I worry about the future of women and girls who now have to fear even more about putting themselves on social media. Please take a step back and fact-check what you see on the internet. Not everything on the internet is real. I'm deeply upset by what is happening.¡±
Soon after the video went viral, the Goodbye actress took to her social media handles and wrote, ¡°I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deepfake video of me being spread online. Something like this is honestly extremely scary not only for me but also for each one of us who today is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misused.¡±
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¡°Today, as a woman and as an actor, I am thankful for my family, friends and well-wishers who are my protection and support system. But if this happened to me when I was in school or college, I genuinely can¡¯t imagine how could I ever tackle this. We need to address this as a community and with urgency before more of us are affected by such identity theft.¡±
The video that Big B retweeted notified, ¡°You might have seen this viral video of actress Rashmika Mandanna on Instagram. But wait, this is a deepfake video of Zara Patel. From a deepfake POV, the viral video is perfect enough for ordinary social media users to fall for it.¡±
¡°But if you watch the video carefully, you can see at (0:01) that when Rashmika (deepfake) was entering the lift, suddenly her face changed from the other girl to Rashmika.¡± Several other celebs extended their support to Rashmika.
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