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South Korea’s Nationwide Forensic Service has concluded that it’s unable to find out whether or not an audio recording launched by the YouTube channel Garo Sero Analysis Institute was manipulated utilizing synthetic intelligence (AI), police mentioned.
The recording, which was made public in Might, is allegedly of the late actor Kim Sae-ron claiming that she dated actor Kim Soo-hyun whereas she was a minor. The Nationwide Forensic Service knowledgeable Gangnam Police Station in Seoul final month that it reached an “undetermined” conclusion relating to doable manipulation of the file.
The company carried out an evaluation of the audio on the request of police however mentioned it couldn’t decide whether or not the recording had been altered attributable to technical limitations, in keeping with officers.
Kim Sae-ron’s household beforehand held a press convention with Garo Sero Analysis Institute in Might, alleging that Kim Soo-hyun had been in a relationship with Kim when she was a center faculty scholar. As proof, the household launched a part of a recording of a 90-minute dialog Kim had with an acquaintance in New Jersey on Jan. 10, a couple of month earlier than her dying.
Within the recording, Kim is heard saying that she dated Kim Soo-hyun from center faculty till getting into school. She added that, on reflection, she felt she had been taken benefit of.
Kim Soo-hyun’s aspect denied the allegations, saying the recording was created utilizing AI or comparable expertise, and filed a grievance in opposition to Kim Se-ui, head of Garo Sero Analysis Institute, on costs together with defamation below the Info and Communications Community Act.
Police referred the recording to the Nationwide Forensic Service in August for evaluation, and the company’s evaluation was delivered final month.
Seoul Metropolitan Police Company Commissioner Park Jeong-woo mentioned throughout an everyday press briefing that investigations into associated events had concluded and that authorities have been within the strategy of conducting a remaining evaluation of collected supplies. He added that the investigation was in its remaining levels.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Instances, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Instances.
