GAN-Generated Faces Used in Potential AI Misinformation Campaign: The BL Case
November 12, 2019
This AI incident highlights the potential for deepfakes created by Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to bypass moderation systems, as allegedly demonstrated by a network of pages, groups, and fake accounts linked to The BL, a US-based media outlet. These accounts reportedly pushed pro-Trump narratives on Meta platforms. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help prevent such incidents and promote trustworthy AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- the-bl
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- instagram-users, facebook-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/324
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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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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