Times Now journalist Sowmith Yakkati posted that 4 persons named Asma & Geetha, Naveen, Shiva and one more person have been held. 2 persons among these are Congress leaders while 3 are members of the Congress party social media team.
However, the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like his colleagues, Chan said.
CEC Rajiv Kumar said that misinformation, deep fakes and the use of Artificial Intelligence are being used increasingly to undercut the "faith and trust" of the people in the electoral process.
Taking to X, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar assured that the Ministry will shortly notify strict rules under IT acts making it mandatory for platforms to comply with the rules to curb misuse of AI and tackle deep fakes.
The pervasive use of deepfakes in harassment, scams, and sextortion creates an increasingly unsafe online environment for women in these conservative societies.