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Alleged Deepfake Audio Depicts Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Ordering Military Action

April 24, 2024

A deepfake audio clip, allegedly featuring Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ordering military action against China was circulated online in July 2024, escalating tensions in the West Philippine Sea. The Presidential Communications Office verified it as a fake, tracing it back to foreign actors. This incident highlights the importance of responsible AI governance and guardrails to prevent such harm through safe and secure AI practices.

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Alleged deployer
unknown-actors-targeting-ferdinand-marcos-jr., unknown-actors
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
philippines-china-relations, philippines, government-of-the-philippines, general-public-of-the-philippines, general-public-of-china, general-public, ferdinand-marcos-jr.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/676

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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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