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AI Incidents

Deepfake Video Falsely Depicts Biden Announcing National Draft for Ukraine

February 27, 2023

In February 2023, an AI-generated deepfake video falsely depicting President Biden announcing a national draft to support Ukraine was shared on social media, causing widespread misinformation. The video, created using advanced AI techniques, misled the public until debunked by fact-checkers.
Alleged deployer
jack-posobiec, @thepatriotoasis
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developer
Alleged harmed parties
ukraine, joe-biden, general-public, biden-administration

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/713

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