Deepfake Pornography Allegations Against Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: A Case Study for AI Incident Prevention
January 1, 2020
In 2020, deepfake pornographic videos falsely depicting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were uploaded to a U.S. website, causing widespread concern. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance and safe and secure AI practices. In 2024, Meloni reportedly sued Alessio Scurosu, 40, and his father, Roberto Scurosu, 73, seeking €100,000 in damages. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
- Alleged deployer
- roberto-scurosu, alessio-scurosu
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- giorgia-meloni
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/926
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
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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