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

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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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