National Audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT
On the first day of the parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT, a fake transcript of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyounghun appeared, resulting in a deepfake battle.
At the parliamentary inspection of the National Assembly’s Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communication Committee held at the Sejong Government Complex on the thirteenth, Kim Jang-gyeom, a member of the People’s Power, produced and performed a deep fake video that includes Deputy Prime Minister Bae and former chairman of the National Assembly’s Legislative and Judiciary Committee.
Representative Kim stated, “If you look at the recent oppression of Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae, a transcript appears. “You can simply make recordings utilizing synthetic intelligence (AI),” he said, explaining the reason for playing the video, saying, “We ready a ‘fake video’ to arouse alarm.”
The video included a recording of Deputy Prime Minister Bae and former Chairman Lee meeting and exchanging secret conversations. When the video appeared, a loud voice and protest between ruling and opposition lawmakers continued, and the parliamentary inspection was adjourned 75 minutes after the start.
After the parliamentary inspection was repeated in the afternoon, Deputy Prime Minister Bae expressed regret, saying, “If the video is launched from the parliamentary inspection, I believe the video will be circulated by misunderstanding it as true.”
Lee Sang-hwi, a lawmaker of People’s Power, also produced a deepfake video in which KBS President Park Jang-beom said, “Don’t be pushed again even should you acquire the reception payment individually, and please pay it.”
Lawmaker Lee criticized, “You could make such a video in a jiffy,” adding, “If AI is left unattended with out institutional gadgets, it will probably develop into a ‘digital Goebbels.’
Deputy Prime Minister Bae stated, “I fully sympathize with the prevention measures against AI misuse and abuse problems,” including, “However, advanced technology is needed to create preventive measures. We need to make efforts to develop technology and institutional devices to prevent side effects,” he defined. In response, Choi Min-hee, head of the National Guard of Science and Technology, additionally harassed that “a watermark that can be identified by humans should be attached, not a watermark that can be read by machines.”
The National Assembly additionally identified the response of the Ministry of Science and ICT throughout the hearth at the National Information Resource Agency final month and the discount of the R&D price range final yr.
In specific, lawmakers of the People’s Power criticized the hearth, which triggered a huge authorities laptop community failure, saying, “The government held a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters after 48 hours of fire, which is a slow response,” and the Democratic Party of Korea stated, “It takes 23 months to build a backup system,” including, “The absence of backup is the fault of the previous government.”