Forensic agency unable to determine AI manipulation of audio file related to Kim Soo-hyun

South Korea’s National Forensic Service has concluded that it is unable to determine whether an audio recording released by the YouTube channel Garo Sero Research Institute was manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI), police said. The recording, which was made public in May, is allegedly of the late actor Kim Sae-ron claiming that she dated actor Kim Soo-hyun while she was a minor. The National Forensic Service informed Gangnam Police Station in Seoul last month that it reached an “undetermined” conclusion regarding possible manipulation of the file. The agency conducted an analysis of the audio at the request of police but said it could not determine whether the recording had been altered due to technical limitations, according to officials. Kim Sae-ron’s family previously held a press conference with Garo Sero Research Institute in May, alleging that Kim Soo-hyun had been in a relationship with Kim when she was a middle school student. As evidence, the family released part of a recording of a 90-minute conversation Kim had with an acquaintance in New Jersey on Jan. 10,