Description: Bangladesh's Chief Adviser's Press Wing has warned the public about alleged AI-generated videos depicting Muhammad Yunus endorsing gambling apps. The videos reportedly reuse footage from legitimate interviews, manipulated with purportedly fabricated audio and visuals. At least two such alleged deepfakes have circulated on Facebook. The account that published them reportedly appears to be operated by multiple users located in Lithuania, misleading viewers with claims of guaranteed earnings. The government has urged users not to trust or share these videos.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown voice cloning technology developer and Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers , Unknown scammer impersonating Muhammad Yunus and Unknown fraudsters, which harmed Muhammad Yunus , Government of Bangladesh and General public of Bangladesh.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown voice cloning technology , Unknown deepfake technology and Social media
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1120
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-06-16
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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DHAKA, June 16, 2025 (BSS) - The Chief Adviser's Press Wing has urged social media users to be more cautious and avoid being deceived by AI-generated deepfake videos made showing Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus by gamblers.
"Gambling…
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