Government removes links to AI deepfake of union minister Piyush Goyal

Many social media links related to an AI-generated deepfake video of Piyush Goyal have been taken down, government sources said on Saturday, as the union minister alleged that his remarks to the media outside Parliament were “maliciously” altered in a clip to spread misinformation, and that he has lodged a police complaint on the issue.

The move comes after a purported digitally-altered video of Goyal surfaced on social media, portraying him as making threatening remarks against students participating in the ongoing nationwide protests over the NEET examination issue.