Instagram Video Featured Deepfake Audio of US President Making Transphobic Remarks

February 3, 2023

A misleading deepfaked audio clip of President Joe Biden making transphobic remarks was posted on Instagram and spread across social media platforms. This instance highlights the need for responsible AI governance, as such manipulated content can cause harm and undermine trust in safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping the future of AI incident management, learn more about how this incident maps to HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) by JOIN US. Together, we can work towards preventing such incidents and promoting trustworthy AI.

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Alleged deployer: unknown
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: president-joe-biden, transgender-people

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/479

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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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