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Deepfakes circulate of AI ‘pan-Africans’ backing Burkina Faso’s military junta

By France24
31 January 2023   |   5:34 am
We investigate AI-generated videos that call for support for the Burkinabe military junta and its leader Ibrahim Traore, just days after the junta ordered French troops to leave the country. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake with Vedika Bahl.

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