Analyzing the Fake Obama Speech Incident: An Example of AI's Power and Pitfalls
Exploring a deepfake video that used AI to mimic President Obama's voice, this incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Stay informed about AI incident trends and help us build guardrails for safe and secure AI. JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/39
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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
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