Kenyan Journalist Jeff Koinange Depicted Endorsing Gambling App in Purported AI-Generated Deepfake
April 24, 2024
A viral video purportedly manipulated by AI shows Kenyan journalist Jeff Koinange endorsing a mobile gambling app. The video was reportedly created using AI deepfake techniques, uses footage from a legitimate news broadcast, and artificially alters Koinange's voice and mouth movements. Neither Koinange nor Citizen TV has promoted the app, and no legitimate source hosts the video.
- Alleged deployer
- scammers-impersonating-jeff-koinange, unknown-scammers
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- jeff-koinange, general-public-of-kenya
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1024
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