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The Rise of AI Videos Featuring Artists Promoting Online Gambling and Slimming Products, from Pandji Pragiwaksono to Raffi Ahmad

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Kapanlagi.com - Amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the Indonesian public has been shocked by the proliferation of videos featuring several well-known artists as if they were promoting online gambling sites and slimming products. These videos are not actual recordings but rather AI manipulations that convincingly mimic the faces and voices of the artists. Who are they?

1. Atta Halilintar

Atta Halilintar has been noted as one of the artists who became a victim of AI-edited videos. In the video, he promotes online gambling.

The video was taken from a talk show hosted by Najwa Shihab discussing the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. In the original broadcast, they were discussing the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The husband of Aurel Hermansyah stated that he felt greatly harmed, especially being associated with online gambling.

"If it's online gambling, it definitely harms me. What I didn't do suddenly has AI saying that, it's not right," he explained when met in the Condet area, East Jakarta, on Wednesday (January 17, 2024).

2. Pandji Pragiwaksono

In early May, the public was shocked by a video of Pandji Pragiwaksono promoting online gambling.

"To all gamblers, I emphasize once again to you, one site I recommend that spins once or twice, immediately gives a big return," the statement in the video reads, which seems to have truly been spoken by Pandji Pragiwaksono.

"I don’t want to beat around the bush. You should directly feel the results yourself," continued the AI-generated words in the video.

Pandji admitted that he was aware of the video and mentioned that there are dozens of similar videos. "All reported multiple times, but they don’t disappear," he added.

3. Najwa Shihab

Najwa Shihab has also been a victim of AI editing. In the edited video, she promotes an online gambling site that claims to provide millions of rupiah in income.

It turns out that the video was taken from a post on Najwa Shihab's YouTube channel on December 10, 2017, titled Catatan Najwa, Merawat Ingatan. In the original video, Najwa was actually discussing human rights violations that had been committed by authorities in Indonesia.

4. Raffi Ahmad

The big name and artistic career of Raffi Ahmad did not prevent him from becoming a victim of an AI-edited video. In April 2024, a video circulated claiming that Raffi Ahmad opened an online gambling company.

The video features a screenshot of a news article titled Raffi Ahmad Optimistic MILD88 Can Be as Big as Rans Entertainment. Then Raffi appears to be interviewed and makes a confession about owning shares in an online gambling site.

Research by the editorial team at rri.co.id states that the video is merely edited. The news that appeared in the video is actually an article titled RANS Entertainment Wants to IPO, IDX: Not Yet in the Pipeline.

Meanwhile, the edited interview was taken from a video of Raffi during his first COVID-19 vaccination at the Presidential Palace, alongside President Jokowi and other officials, in January 2021.

5. Melaney Ricardo

Unlike other artists, Melaney Ricardo became a victim of an AI-edited video for the purpose of promoting a slimming product. In the video, she appears to recommend the slimming product she used.

Melaney initially had no idea about the video until fellow artists contacted her and asked about it.

"So that was a podcast video. It’s like we are shooting like this but her mouth is filled with AI. Then finally, Bu Titi (Titi DJ) contacted me, and then Bang Andre (Taulany). Bang Andre seems to have fallen for it, yeah. I mean, he thought it was really me," she revealed, quoted by TRANS TV's YouTube channel, Saturday (27/1/2024).

"Then my brother who wants to get married also said that if this works, he wants to consume it. Then I finally looked because I don’t use Facebook, right? That’s where most of the scams are (on Facebook)," she added.

Melaney eventually realized how many people were deceived by the video. She then requested for the video to be taken down.

"I told them it has to be taken down. Then I also made a clarification on TikTok and it got quite a high viewership, meaning it wasn’t just about the views, but to let people know that it wasn’t me," she concluded.

6. Viewed from an Ethical Perspective

The use of AI technology to impersonate someone's identity in illegal promotions such as online gambling raises serious questions from an ethical and legal standpoint.

As reported by Kompas.com, Communication lecturer at the University of Indonesia, Firman Kurniawan, stated that the selection of public figures in such promotions is very effective due to their credibility, but it is also very dangerous as it can mislead the public.

From a legal perspective, the act of impersonating someone’s identity for online gambling promotions can be prosecuted under Article 27 paragraph (2) juncto Article 45 paragraph (3) of the 2024 ITE Law, which regulates the distribution of gambling content with a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and/or a maximum fine of Rp10 billion.

(kpl/tdr)

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
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