Some social media users shared a video of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan allegedly talking about two “assurances” offered to citizens – “good and bad” – claiming he was supporting the Congress party for the upcoming election. campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. During its investigation, the PTI fact-checking desk found that the audio of the actor’s 10-year-old video was overwritten with fake audio generated by artificial intelligence to give the impression that Khan was supporting a certain political party. The digitally altered video was shared on social media with false claims.

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP and the Congress have focused their campaigns around their respective manifestos – ‘Modiji Pledge’ and ‘Naya Patra’. Social media posts carrying Khan’s edited video illustrate the reassurances offered to citizens by both parties.

The Desk recently debunked a similar digitally altered video of Aamir Khan that was shared on social media and claimed to support a political party.

Titled “PTI Fact Check: No, Aamir Khan does not support any political party; edited video with AI voice cloning shared on social media can be read here.

claim

On April 15, an Instagram user shared a video of actor Aamir Khan talking about two assurances provided to citizens for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The post was captioned: “What does Aamir Khan have to say about 2024 elections, he will vote for Congress this time #news #aamirkhan #election #bollywood”

This is a link and Archive link To that post, below is a screenshot of the same:

Khan can be heard saying in the video: “There are two kinds of guarantees in these elections – good and bad. The bad news is that ‘jumle waade’ (buzzword promises) is once again being used to ruin your life.” But the good The news is, this time, there are ‘5 Nyay’ (five judges) for your development. “

Next, a Congress party logo appears in the video, which reads “Vote Nyayi, Vote Congress.”

investigation

After starting an investigation, the desk watched the viral video and noticed a lip-sync issue. We then uploaded the viral video to the InVid tool to search and received some keyframes. Additionally, scanning these keyframes via Google Lens, Desk discovered a Twitter post shared on April 15 that contained the same video.

This is Link and Archive link Below is a screenshot of the same:

After further scanning the Google Lens search results, Desk discovered that a similar video had been uploaded on YouTube by the official channel of the talk show “Satyaev Jayate” hosted by Aamir Khan , which airs on Star Plus channel.

This is Link The video titled “Satyaev Jayate S1 | Episode 13 | The Idea of ​​India | Freedom (Hindi)” was posted on August 30, 2016 and below is a screenshot of the video:

The description of the video reads: “Stay tuned for the new season of Satyamev Jayate, starting from March 2, every Sunday at 11 am, only on STAR Plus.”

The Desk noted that Khan’s outfit and the red glowing light at the bottom of the video are the same as those in the viral video. Below is a combined image comparing the visuals of the two videos:

The Desk listened to the 40-second video and found that the actor’s version of events differed from what was stated in the viral video. He can be heard saying he will return for the five-episode new season, which airs on Sunday.

An English translation of what Khan said in the promotional video reads: “Friends, I have two pieces of news for you, one is good news and the other is bad news. The bad news is I’m back to ruin your Sunday again. . But the good news is I’m only going to ruin your 5 Sundays… only 5 Sundays each in March.”

Inspired by this, The Desk scanned the official website of Satyamev Jayate and found that the above video is a promo for the first episode of the second season, titled “Fighting Rape”.

This is Link Go to the official website and below are the screenshots of the same

this IMDb websiteHowever, it is mentioned that the first episode of the second season was aired on March 5, 2014. Here are screenshots from the episode:

The department then concluded that fake artificial intelligence-generated audio was overlaid on the old video to make it look like the actor was supporting a political party.

claim

Actor Aamir Khan has backed the Congress party’s campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

fact

The original video, which dates back to 2014, was digitally altered using artificial intelligence voice cloning to make it look like the actor was giving a political endorsement.

in conclusion

Some social media users shared a video of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, in which he can be heard supporting the Congress party’s campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls while warning people against using “jumlas” (catchphrase). During its investigation, The Desk discovered that a 10-year-old video had been digitally altered by an AI voice clone to make it look like the actor was giving a political endorsement. The edited video was shared on social media with false claims.

(This story was originally published by PTI Fact Check, and was re-released by NDTV as part of Shakti Collective. )