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The Cybersecurity Agency of Catalonia, of the Secretariat of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation, adheres one more year to the commemoration of Safe Internet Day (DIS2024) next February 6, an initiative that takes place in different countries of the European Union.
This year, the Agency is launching a campaign dedicated to raising awareness about hypercalling technology or deep fake, an audiovisual manipulation technique performed using artificial intelligence that creates fake content that can appear real. Under the slogan 'Find the fake. Videos, images and audio are not always what they seem', the campaign aims to raise awareness of the hypercalling technique to the public in general and, specifically, to schools and institutes in Catalonia.
The experts of the Cybersecurity Agency of Catalonia argue that, although not all deep fake are fraudulent, the vast majority are created with bad intentions. Specifically, more than 95% are hyperlinks related to non-consensual pornography. In other cases, they are used to manufacture fake videos that can help generate fake news or confuse the public. Cybercriminals also use this technology to generate more realistic scams and frauds and expand the ability to deceive victims.
When detecting hyper-fake, experts recommend paying attention to the eyes, the skin and the movement of the lips. In the case of deep fakes of voice, they tend to sound unnatural, with incorrect pronunciations and even metallic sounds. It should also be borne in mind that sometimes it is not easy to unmask them.
It is an emerging phenomenon all over the world
In the coming months, the forecast is that there will be a huge growth in artificial intelligence-generated fraud, be it with video, image or audio hyper-spoofing. In fact, the World Economic Forum predicts a 900% growth in this type of content. This reality contrasts with the public's knowledge of this new technology: 75% of Spanish citizens do not know what a deep fake.
The Cybersecurity Agency of Catalonia responds to this situation in the framework of Safe Internet Day so that the population knows the existence of cyberbullying, what consequences it can have, the main fraudulent uses and how we can detect them . The campaign, which is disseminated through the Agency's Safe Internet platform, offers a set of materials to raise public awareness of this technology, such as a survey to detect deep fake or tips to learn how to spot them.
In addition, content has been designed specifically for the educational community, which actively participates in Safer Internet Day every year. In this case, a teaching guide has been prepared with activities to work on hypercalling in the classroom and two interactive activities for students, one for Primary and the other for Secondary.