Scammers Using Deepfakes of Women's Faces and Voices for False and Offensive Advertisements
March 28, 2024
Scammers used AI tools from HeyGen and ElevenLabs to create deepfake videos of influencers Michel Janse, Olga Loiek, Shadé Zahrai, and Carrie Williams, misusing Lana Smalls's voice in Williams's case. These videos promoted offensive products and false messages, in some cases targeting nationalist Chinese men to boost China-Russia ties, causing emotional distress and damaging the victims' reputations.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown-scammers
- Alleged developer
- heygen, elevenlabs
- Alleged harmed parties
- olga-loiek, michel-janse, lana-smalls, carrie-williams, shade-zahrai
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/683
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