Top 3 News of the Week: Jokowi's Speech in Chinese Produced by Deepfake; 75,000-year-old Pyramid in Lake Toba
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30 October 2023 06:34 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on the platform this week, starting from Monday, October 23, 2023, until Sunday, October 29, 2023. Those include Kominfo Ministry asserting Jokowi's speech in Chinese produced by deepfake AI tech, 75,000-year-old pyramid in Lake Toba, and observer says that public enthusiasm for Whoosh may wane after 3 months.
The following is the list of the top three news on Tempo English this week:
1. Kominfo Ministry Asserts Jokowi's Speech in Chinese Produced by Deepfake
A video displaying President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo delivering a speech using fluent Chinese language went viral on social media. The Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) confirmed that it was misleading content produced by artificial intelligence or AI.
“It’s misleading content,” the ministry’s Director General of Informatics Applications, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, said in the Kominfo office, Central Jakarta, on Thursday, Oct. 26.
The ministry found similarities between the recent video with the caption 'Jokowi speaks Mandarin' and the video uploaded by the YouTube channel of the U.S.-Indonesia Society (USINDO) on November 13, 2015.
2. 75,000-year-old Pyramid in Lake Toba; Geological Agency Voices Its Doubts
The Indonesian Geological Agency has expressed doubt about the existence of a civilization 75,000 years ago that built a pyramid-like structure in Lake Toba, North Sumatra.
Muhammad Wafid, the agency's acting head, said that information on the discovery needs to be clarified.
"The explanation from Dani Hilman, the discoverer of the pyramid, has become a very important starting point. However, the Geological Agency considers it important to detail some key points in this context," he said in a statement on Friday, October 20, 2023.
3. Public Enthusiasm for Whoosh May Wane After 3 Months, Says Observer
The Indonesian Transportation Society's (MTI) chairman of the railway division, Aditya Dwi Laksana, predicted that the current high number of passengers on the Whoosh high-speed train would not last long. He attributed this to the promotional fare and the introduction period of the bullet train.
“After the next three months and when the fare returns to normal, people's enthusiasm may wane,” Aditya told Tempo over the phone on Monday, October 23, 2023.
Based on the latest data from PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China or KCIC, the number of Whoosh passengers reached 23,439 on the weekend, October 21-22. Specifically, there were 11,330 passengers on Saturday with an occupancy rate of 86 percent, and 12,109 passengers on Sunday with 92 percent occupancy. The average occupancy rate was 90 percent.
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