Uruguayan TV Program Santo y Seña Uses a Deepfake of Political Candidate Yamandú Orsi Without His Consent
October 13, 2024
Uruguayan TV program Santo y Seña, hosted by Ignacio Álvarez, used AI to create a virtual representation of political candidate Yamandú Orsi, who declined an appearance. Nevertheless, without Orsi's permission, an AI-generated "Orsi" was shown alongside Andrés Ojeda, a rival candidate who appeared in person on the program.
- Alleged deployer
- santo-y-sena, canal-4
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- yamandu-orsi, uruguayan-electorate, uruguayan-general-public, journalism, democracy, electoral-integrity
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/828
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