Obama's Deepfake Introduced by University Researchers: A Case Study on AI Harm Prevention
July 1, 2017
The University of Washington recently demonstrated the potential risks of deepfakes, creating a convincing video of Obama followed by Jordan Peele. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help establish guardrails for AI and ensure safe and secure AI development? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- university-of-washington, fakeapp
- Alleged developer
- university-of-washington, fakeapp
- Alleged harmed parties
- barack-obama
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/39
Data source
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.
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