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SBI has warned its customers and common people about deepfake videos being shared on social media. Fake pictures and footage of senior bank officials are being used in these videos.

State Bank of India (SBI) has issued a public notice for its customers and common people. It has been said that many deepfake videos are being shared on social media in the name of the bank. In this, an investment scheme is being told quoting senior officials of the bank. The bank has said that its officials do not promote any such scheme which talks of getting abnormally high returns. The bank has asked people to be careful of such videos.

The bank said this

SBI has shared this public notice on X. It is written that the bank warns its customers and the general public that deepfake videos of the bank's top management are being circulated on social media, which claim to launch or support some investment schemes. Such videos advise people to invest in such schemes. The bank wants to make it clear that SBI and its officials do not support any such investment scheme which talks about abnormally high returns. Therefore, people should not fall prey to such false videos.

What are deepfake videos?

Deepfake videos are created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. They look exactly like real ones and are very difficult to identify. Deepfake videos usually use another person's picture, voice, video footage, etc. Scammers are misusing this technology to cheat people. To identify such videos, watch the entire clip very carefully and try to match the voice in the video with the gestures of the person speaking. For this, such videos can be detected by paying attention to small details of the video.