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Investigative Journalist Rana Ayyub Targeted by AI-Generated Deepfake Pornography

April 20, 2018

Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub fell victim to a malicious deepfake porn campaign, where artificial intelligence was used to create explicit content falsely depicting her in a pornographic video. This incident is a stark reminder of the potential harm that can result from unchecked AI usage. The attack was part of a broader effort to discredit and silence Ms. Ayyub, which also included a doxxing attack that exposed her personal information, leading to severe harassment and emotional distress.

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Alleged deployer
unknown-deepfake-creators
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
rana-ayyub

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/769

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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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