Sri Lanka, March 8 -- The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has advised the public to remain vigilant against fraudulent artificial intelligence (AI)-generated videos, misusing the image of the CBSL Governor to deceive individuals online.
These fraudulent videos, which are widely circulating on social media, particularly on Facebook, falsely depict the CBSL Governor as endorsing investment schemes, promising extraordinarily high financial returns.
The videos also direct viewers to an external link, which the CBSL suspects is being used to defraud unsuspecting users.
"The CBSL categorically denies any involvement in such promotions and emphasises that it does not engage in or endorse any investment schemes whatsoever," the CBSL stated in a...