{"id":348170,"date":"2024-03-29T06:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T12:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=348170"},"modified":"2024-03-29T06:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T12:13:02","slug":"deepfakes-in-a-democratic-country-like-india-a-big-concern-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/deepfakes-in-a-democratic-country-like-india-a-big-concern-pm-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepfakes in a democratic country like India a big concern: PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/03\/Deepfakes-in-a-democratic-country-like-India-a-big-concern-says-PM-Modi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348173\" width=\"451\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/03\/Deepfakes-in-a-democratic-country-like-India-a-big-concern-says-PM-Modi.jpg 327w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/03\/Deepfakes-in-a-democratic-country-like-India-a-big-concern-says-PM-Modi-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said artificial intelligence (AI) presents a huge opportunity but there is a significant risk of misuse, especially deepfakes, if such a powerful technology is placed in unskilled hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to a question from Microsoft Co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on how India looks at AI which is a huge opportunity but comes with its own challenges, PM Modi said proper training is must to handle technologies like AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have engaged with leading minds on AI and its risks. I suggested that we should start with clear watermarks on AI-generated content to prevent misinformation. Proper sources of AI-generated content should also be mentioned, &#8221; PM Modi emphasised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deepfakes in a vast democratic country like India, which is going into general elections, is a real issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Someone can even misuse my voice to deceive people and such a deepfake can trigger widespread uproar. We need to think about creating robust dos and don&#8217;ts on deepfakes, &#8221; the Prime Minister told Gates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using AI as a magic tool or asking ChatGPT to write letters is a great injustice to this wonderful technology as we should rather compete with AI to improve ourselves and innovate further to solve real life problems, according to the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;India has a myriad of languages and dialects and we need to push AI to recognise and adapt to those to help people, &#8221; PM Modi told Microsoft Co-founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I constantly present new challenges to AI whenever I get a chance to speak to a machine or a robot, fostering its growth and adaptability, &#8221; the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said artificial intelligence (AI) presents a huge opportunity but there is a significant risk of misuse, especially deepfakes, if such a powerful technology is placed in unskilled hands. Responding to a question from Microsoft Co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on how India looks at AI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":348173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15084,36],"tags":[16415,18034,18035,15520],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348175,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348170\/revisions\/348175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/348173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}