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Significant Increase in Deepfake Nudes of Taylor Swift Circulating on Social Media

Jan 24, 2024

AI-generated sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift, a flagrant violation of X's policies against synthetic media and nonconsensual nudity...

Deepfakes of Deceased Indian Politicians for Election Campaigning Are Increasingly Being Deployed

Jan 23, 2024

During the lead-up to India's 2024 general elections, deepfake videos generated using AI technology have been employed to depict deceased po...

Fake Biden Voice in Robocall Misleads New Hampshire Democratic Voters in 2024 Primary Election

Jan 21, 2024

A deepfake robocall, falsely imitating the voice of President Biden, misled New Hampshire Democrats during the 2024 primary election by urgi...

Chatbot for DPD Malfunctioned and Swore at Customers and Criticized Its Own Company

Jan 18, 2024

A recent incident involving DPD's AI chatbot, used for customer service, malfunctioned following a system update. The AI began producing ina...

Alleged AI-manipulated medical scam exploiting Bulgarian TV host's likeness

Jan 17, 2024

An advertisement, allegedly manipulated by AI, circulating online seemingly uses the likenesses and altered media of popular Bulgarian telev...

High School Athletic Director in Baltimore County Allegedly Created Racist Deepfake Audio Impersonating Principal

Jan 15, 2024

A former athletic director at Pikesville High School, Dazhon Darien, was allegedly involved in creating a deepfake audio clip purporting to...

Purported Deepfake Audio Reportedly Sparks False Claims of Biden Threatening Texas with F-15s

Jan 13, 2024

An allegedly AI-generated deepfake audio clip, purporting to be from President Biden, circulated on social media, falsely claiming that he h...

Proliferation of Products on Amazon Titled with ChatGPT Error Messages

Jan 12, 2024

A concerning trend of mislabeling products with ChatGPT error messages, such as lawn chairs and religious texts, is rising on Amazon. These...

Scams Reportedly Impersonating Wealthy Investors Proliferating on Facebook

Jan 11, 2024

Deepfake scams, posing as wealthy investors like Bill Ackman, Cathie Wood, Steve Cohen, Peter Lynch, and Ray Dalio, are allegedly rampant on...

Unauthorized AI Impersonation of George Carlin Used in Comedy Special

Jan 9, 2024

An unauthorized AI-generated comedy special mimicked the late comedian George Carlin, using his voice and style without consent from his est...

Coordinated Deepfake Campaign Reportedly Impersonating Rishi Sunak Promoted Fraudulent Quantum AI Investment Platform on Meta

Jan 8, 2024

A coordinated deepfake campaign reportedly used AI-generated content to impersonate former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and promote a...

Presidency of Moldova Reportedly Refutes Purported Deepfake Video Slandering President Maia Sandu

Dec 29, 2023

A purported deepfake video, possibly linked to Russian disinformation, has reportedly surfaced in Moldova, depicting President Maia Sandu in...

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.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.