NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas authorities has described as “false, deceptive, and fully fabricated” a video circulating on social media below the heading “The Diplomatic Bombshell”.
A press release issued from the Workplace of the Prime Minister mentioned that “this video doesn’t depict any actual occasions, statements, or actions taken by the Authorities of The Bahamas or its representatives.
“The content material is artificially generated utilizing AI instruments, and the characters and situations portrayed usually are not based mostly on precise occurrences. It’s a artificial manufacturing that falsely claims to replicate official diplomatic positions and misrepresents each Bahamian and worldwide affairs.”
“The Diplomatic Bombshell” is the second such video to have been produced in latest occasions, indicating Caribbean leaders are vital of United States President Donald Trump’s strict immigration insurance policies concentrating on the Caribbean.
Earlier this month, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, addressing the forty ninth common assembly of the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) leaders, warned in opposition to “threats” to the area’s existence.
“We reside in a world now the place pretend information, regrettably is a key a part of all that we’ve, and the place the improper use of AI can generally stoke nice worry and panic amongst our residents,” she mentioned, including “it’s about timr, subsequently that we as a area give you a CARICOM validation mechanism within the absence of the suppliers of these platforms not taking the motion to validate fact any additional.”
She warned that failure to take action might put the area “significantly on the threat” of being destabilised.
She referred to pretend information about Barbados in search of to ban Donald Trump from visiting Barbados based mostly on a false journey advisory issued by Bridgetown, including, “It’s virtually as if it is a each day train now for our international locations.
The communique issued following the summit famous that regional leaders had expressed concern in regards to the deleterious impact that social media and artificially generated pictures might have on kids and weak teams, in addition to the latest cessation of efforts at content material moderation by Huge Tech corporations.
“They agreed to pursue a regional strategy to develop a framework for digital security and related legal guidelines, to safeguard the psychological well being and wellbeing of Caribbean residents, and to determine a Regional Digital Security Fee to develop proposals to reinforce on-line security.”
In its assertion, the Bahamas authorities mentioned it’s urging the “public and media shops to train warning when encountering such content material and to confirm info by way of credible authorities channels,” including that ‘for verified updates, please consult with official authorities platforms”.
