From ABC News
Amid Russia-Ukraine negotiations, fake audio circulates of Donald Trump Jr. supporting Russia
By Olivia Rubin and Chris Looft
As President Donald Trump seeks an end to the war in Ukraine, what an expert says is fake audio purporting to show Trump’s son voicing support for Russia over Ukraine is circulating online -- garnering millions of views and a repost from a Democratic Party social media account.
In the audio, a voice that sounds like that of Donald Trump Jr. can be heard saying, in part, “I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind picking Ukraine as an ally when Russia is the other option.”
“Honestly, the U.S. should have been sending weapons to Russia,” says the audio, playing over a video supposedly showing a page promoting Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
Hany Farid, chief science officer at GetReal Labs and an expert on synthetic media, told ABC News the recording was likely generated by artificial intelligence. Farid said that assessment was based on the results from two GetReal Labs models trained to detect AI-generated audio...
Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information at UC Berkeley.
