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Google Gemini AI avatar clone unnerves user, sparks disinformation fears

A user explored the capabilities of Google's Gemini AI avatar tool by creating a digital clone of themselves. The experience was unsettling, as the AI-generated avatar produced content that was disturbingly accurate to the user's own persona. This raises concerns about the potential for such technology to be misused for generating highly convincing disinformation, particularly if used to impersonate world leaders. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential for AI avatars to generate convincing disinformation, impacting trust and security.

RANK_REASON User experiment with an existing AI product raises safety concerns.

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    Just FYI, if you wanted to clone a world leader and cause massive destruction by issuing extremely believable disinformation, here's your tool: Wired: I Cloned

    Just FYI, if you wanted to clone a world leader and cause massive destruction by issuing extremely believable disinformation, here's your tool: Wired: I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me (paywall) https://www. wired.com/story/i-cloned-mysel…