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AI Face-Swap Passport Fraud Foiled by Kinmen Automated System

The Kinmen County Police Bureau and the Border Affairs Corps of the National Immigration Agency, Ministry of the Interior, recently collaborated to crack a

The Kinmen County Police Bureau and the Border Affairs Corps of the National Immigration Agency, Ministry of the Interior, recently collaborated to crack a case involving an attempt to flee the country using artificial intelligence face-swapping technology. A man barred from leaving Taiwan by judicial authorities took a desperate gamble on the verge of serving his prison sentence. Using advanced digital image synthesis technology, he blended his facial features with

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