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Many Purported Political Deepfakes Reportedly Circulating in Run-up to 2024 Pakistani General Elections

February 8, 2024

Deepfakes involving political figures were circulated during the 2024 Pakistani general elections, reportedly generated using AI. These deepfakes placed politicians in misleading contexts and spread misinformation, intending to manipulate voter perceptions and influence election outcomes. As we strive for safe and secure AI practices, it's crucial to understand the role of AI governance and manage such incidents through HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern). For those interested in shaping a responsible AI future, JOIN US.

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Alleged deployer
pakistani-political-parties, misinformation-networks, disinformation-spreaders, misinformation-spreaders
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
rana-atif, raja-bashara, naeem-haider-panjutha, imran-khan, general-public, general-public-of-pakistan, democracy, truth, epsitemic-integrity, electoral-integrity

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/671

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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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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