New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday expressed concern over the growing misuse of artificial intelligence and revealed that she has come across several deepfake videos of her circulating online to mislead common people.

“I am not personalising it but I can say I have seen several deepfake videos of myself being circulated online, manipulated to mislead citizens,\" Sitharaman said at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai.

The Finance Minister called for collaboration among fintech innovators, investors and regulators to build a secure, inclusive and resilient tech system. “Every part of the ecosystem—regulators, fintechs, startups, and citizens—must act with shared purpose and mutual trust,” she urged,

“Undoubtedly, artificial intelligence is transforming finance,

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