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Purported AI-Cloned Voice Depicts Kenyan President William Ruto Speaking French in Viral Video
A purportedly AI-manipulated video widely shared on TikTok and Facebook presents Kenyan President William Ruto speaking in French during a speech in Tokyo on February 7, 2024. A reported reverse image search confirmed the original footage shows Ruto speaking in English to the Kenyan diaspora. The reportedly manipulated version used AI-generated French audio over the original video, making it a case of voice cloning rather than a full audiovisual deepfake.
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Reported occurrence date: 2024-02-19T00:00:00.000Z
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- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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