AI-generated avatars, designed for marketing purposes, have been misused to promote brutal regimes and criminal enterprises. The AI app Syenthesia, valued at $1 billion, was used to create propaganda videos supporting Ibrahim Traoré, who led a military coup in Burkina Faso. The actors whose body language was used to train the AI models are speaking out, feeling betrayed and vulnerable.

Source: https://www.wionews.com/world/fake-videos-of-ai-avatars-were-used-to-promote-brutal-regimes-now-actors-behind-them-are-speaking-up-768333