Purported AI-Generated Content Circulates Widely in Sudan Amid Civil Conflict and Information Vacuum
October 23, 2024
Purported AI-generated deepfakes have circulated widely on Sudanese social media during the ongoing conflict, allegedly spreading false claims, impersonating public figures, and distorting political discourse. Reported incidents include fabricated videos and audio used to mislead or satirize, some of which gained traction among journalists and officials. Observers warn that poor detection tools and limited moderation may be enabling the manipulation of public trust.
- Alleged deployer
- various-actors-aligned-with-sudanese-factions
- Alleged developer
- unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers, unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- political-leaders-of-sudan, journalists-of-sudan, general-public-of-sudan, general-public, epistemic-integrity, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1089
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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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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