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Located in the South American country of Venezuela, the 3,200-foot Angel Falls is the tallest fall of them all.
3200英尺高的安赫尔瀑布(天使瀑布)是世界上最高的瀑布，位于南美国家委内瑞拉。
Now, some people don't go chasing waterfalls. They stick to the rivers and lakes that they're used to.
现在，有些人不去追逐瀑布，而是扎进已经习惯了的河流和湖泊中。
But in Venezuela, some things just aren't what they used to be like news anchors.
但在委内瑞拉，有些事情已经不是以前的样子了，比如新闻主播。
Venezuelans are seeing increased fake news and widespread misinformation about their country through avatars, fake anchors made of artificial intelligence reporting the news.
委内瑞拉人看到越来越多的假新闻以及广泛传播的关于他们国家的虚假信息，这些信息是通过人工智能制作的假主播来报道新闻的。
Though the avatars may have been created as a faster way to communicate information, these fake videos are now being used to hide real problems going on inside Venezuela and many see it as propaganda.
虽然这些虚拟主播可能是为了更快地交流信息而创建的，但这些假视频现在被用来掩盖委内瑞拉国内正在发生的真正问题，许多人认为这是对国家的宣传。
Stefano Pozzebon is on the story.
斯特凡诺·波兹本为您报道。
This isn't actually a real person. Take a closer look. This fake avatar was created using artificial intelligence to look like a real human.
这不是一个真人。仔细观察。这个假主播是用人工智能创造的，看起来像一个真人。
In recent months, videos like these have been shared across Venezuelan social media and even on state-run television to spread misinformation about the country.
最近几个月，这样的视频分享在委内瑞拉的社交媒体上，甚至还分享在国家电视台上，以传播关于这个国家的虚假信息。
Media from different countries had described the event organized by Venezuela as a total and unexpected success.
来自不同国家的媒体称，委内瑞拉组织的这次活动取得了出乎意料的全面成功。
This year, Venezuelans have been taken to the street to demand better living conditions.
今年，委内瑞拉人走上街头，要求改善生活条件。
The country's minimum wage is less than ten dollars a month.
这个国家的最低工资是每月不到10美元。
And last year, inflation was over 200 percent.
去年，通货膨胀率超过200%。
But this artificial news clips have been trying to make the country look more prosperous.
但这些假新闻片段一直试图让这个国家看起来更繁荣昌盛。
Marivi Marvin Vasquez, the executive director at ProBox, a Venezuelan- based organization that monitors for online misinformation, says that these A.I.-generated people have been created and spread with a specific purpose.
ProBox是一家总部位于委内瑞拉的机构，负责监控网络上的虚假信息。这家机构的执行董事马里维·马文·瓦斯奎兹表示，这些人工智能生成的主播是为了特定目的而被创造和传播的。
To sell to the international community a different reality about the country, of success, happiness and stability that really doesn't exist.
目的是向国际社会宣传一个关于这个国家的不同现实，一个实际上并不存在的成功、幸福和安定的现实。
So how true is it that Venezuela is such a poor country? Has the media exaggerated things in that place?
委内瑞拉真的是一个贫穷的国家吗? 媒体有没有夸大当地的情况?
And it's not just social media. The Venezuelan government itself is helping to spread these videos on social media and even on state-run television.
不仅仅是社交媒体。委内瑞拉政府自己也在帮助这些视频在社交媒体上传播，甚至在国家电视台上传播。
Even Nicolas Maduro, the country's embattled president, has shared the videos.
就连该国焦头烂额的总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗也分享了这些视频。
They are all artificial intelligence. They do not exist. They are robots created by artificial intelligence.
它们都是人工智能。它们不存在。它们是由人工智能创造的机器人。
These fake videos are often in English with Spanish subtitles and are shared on social media, which is often a trusty source of news for many Venezuelans, because the government imposes strict controls on the country's traditional media.
这些假视频通常讲的是英语，配有西班牙语字幕，被分享在社交媒体上，而社交媒体通常是许多委内瑞拉人信赖的新闻来源，因为政府对该国的传统媒体实行严格控制。
