Warren Buffett Warns Of Fake Endorsements, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Says 'It Just Ain't Me' On Social Media
Warren Buffett Warns Of Fake Endorsements, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Says 'It Just Ain't Me' On Social Media
Berkshire Hathaway posted a statement to its corporate website warning people to be vigilant against scams that attempt to exploit Buffett's reputation.Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is worried about impersonators on social media fraudulently using his name and likeness to endorse political candidates and investments.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.（紐交所：BRK）主席兼首席執行官禾倫·巴菲特擔心社交媒體上冒充他的名字和肖像，欺詐性地爲政治候選人和投資活動背書。
The Details: Buffett told CNBC that he was made aware of a fake political endorsement on Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ:META) Instagram and clarified that he does not support any political candidates or specific investment opportunities.
詳情：巴菲特告訴CNBC，他獲悉了Meta Platforms（納斯達克：META）Instagram上的虛假政治背書，並澄清他不支持任何政治候選人或特定投資機會。
"I don't even know how to get on Instagram," Buffett told CNBC. He added that people should be aware that "anything they see with my image or my voice, it just ain't me."
「我甚至不知道如何上Instagram，」 巴菲特告訴CNBC。他補充說，人們應該意識到「他們看到的任何帶有我的形象或聲音的東西，那就不是我。」
Berkshire Hathaway posted a statement to its corporate website warning people to be vigilant against scams that attempt to exploit Buffett's reputation.
伯克希爾·哈撒韋在其公司網站上發佈了一份聲明，警告人們警惕試圖利用巴菲特聲望的詐騙活動。
The statement reads:
聲明內容如下：
"In light of the increased usage of social media, there have been numerous fraudulent claims regarding Mr. Buffett's endorsement of investment products as well as his endorsement and support of political candidates. Mr. Buffett does not currently and will not prospectively endorse investment products or endorse and support political candidates."
「鑑於社交媒體的廣泛使用，關於巴菲特先生代言投資產品以及他對政治候選人的支持的虛假聲稱層出不窮。巴菲特先生目前並且未來也不會支持投資產品或政治候選人。」
The statement from Berkshire Hathaway's CEO comes in the final days of a tense presidential campaign season that has seen other CEOs including Elon Musk, Bill Ackman and Mark Cuban endorsing their preferred candidates.
伯克希爾·哈撒韋首席執行官的聲明發布在緊張的總統競選季末，其他首席執行官包括埃隆·馬斯克、比爾·阿克曼和馬克·庫班也在支持他們偏好的候選人。
The widespread use of artificial intelligence to create "deep fakes" to impersonate celebrities and public figures is also a concern. As AI technologies improve, it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish real images and videos from AI-enhanced fakes.
廣泛使用人工智能製造「深度僞造」來冒充名人和公衆人物也是一個令人關注的問題。隨着AI技術的改進，越來越難區分真實圖像和視頻與AI增強的僞造內容。
"I'm worried about people impersonating me and that's why we put that on the Berkshire website. Nobody should believe anybody saying I'm telling them how to invest or how to vote," Buffett said.
巴菲特表示："我擔心有人冒充我，這就是爲什麼我們把這放在伯克希爾的網站上。沒有人應該相信任何人聲稱我在告訴他們如何投資或投票。"
BRK-A, BRK-B Price Action: According to Benzinga Pro, Berkshire Hathaway Common Stock shares are down 0.4% at $689,852.75 and Berkshire Hathaway New Common Stock shares are down 0.34% at $459.87 at the time of publication Wednesday.
BRk-A、BRk-b 價格走勢：根據Benzinga Pro的數據，伯克希爾哈撒韋普通股下跌0.4%，報689,852.75美元，伯克希爾哈撒韋新普通股下跌0.34%，報459.87美元。本文發佈時是星期三。
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