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Alleged AI-Generated Photo Alteration Leads to Inappropriate Modifications in Speaker's Conference Picture

October 15, 2024

An AI image expansion tool used by a conference organizer unintentionally altered Elizabeth Laraki’s profile picture for a marketing ad, making her blouse appear unbuttoned and showing a fabricated hint of undergarments. The AI generated the lower part of the image when expanding it for vertical formatting. The conference organizers quickly apologized and removed the altered content.
Alleged deployer
unknown-conference-employee
Alleged developer
unknown-developer
Alleged harmed parties
elizabeth-laraki

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/820

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