A YouTuber accused of using AI-generated material to falsely claim a top South Korean actor dated a late actress while she was a minor is due in court next week, the court's spokesperson told AFP on Saturday.
YouTuber Kim Se Eui allegedly used manipulated screenshots of messenger conversations and AI-generated audio files to make the false claims about actor Kim Soo Hyun, according to South Korean media reports.
The reports said prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for the YouTuber at the request of police over allegations he illegally circulated fabricated material.
A spokesperson for the Seoul Central District Court told AFP that Se Eui's warrant hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on May 26.
Se Eui, a former TV journalist widely regarded as a far-right figure, shared on his YouTube channel what he said was the prosecution's arrest warrant.
The document shared to Se Eui's channel said that the YouTuber had publicly played an AI-manipulated audio file using the deceased actress's voice.
It also said Soo Hyun was currently receiving psychiatric treatment due to severe emotional distress, and that the YouTuber had deliberately circulated false allegations for profit despite knowing that Soo Hyun and the late actress were not in a relationship when she was in middle school.
In the video in which he shared the warrant, Se Eui said the prosecutor who requested the arrest warrant should "be ashamed", and asked to be sent to the detention facility where disgraced former...
A YouTuber accused of using AI-generated material to falsely claim a top South Korean actor dated a late actress while she was a minor is due in court next week, the court's spokesperson told AFP o...