Altering faces via AI deepfake may be outlawed

China's top legislative body raised concerns on Saturday about a new AI technology that can digitally swap people's faces.

The technology, known as deepfake, is a human image synthesis technique based on artificial intelligence that uses a combination of existing and source videos to create a false video that appears to show people doing things that never occurred in reality.

According to a draft law being deliberated by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the use of the technology could violate individual portrait rights.