Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown's Voice and Image Misused in AI-Generated Scam
October 25, 2024
A scammer used AI to create a deepfake video of Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown, falsely claiming that a recipient owed $100,000 to the federal government. The video, sent via email from a fake SLCPD account, used a cloned voice and repurposed footage from a past interview.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown-deepfake-creators, unknown-scammers
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- mike-brown, woods-cross-residents, salt-lake-city-residents
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/851
Data source
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