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Purported AI-Generated Video Reportedly Depicts Trump Criticizing Former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua

January 25, 2025

In the early months of 2025, a doctored video surfaced on Facebook, seemingly showing U.S. President Donald Trump labeling former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua as a 'criminal' and casting doubt on his ethical AI practices. Fact-checkers have revealed the footage to be AI-generated, with noticeable discrepancies in lip synchronization and audio overlays. This incident underscores the urgent need for safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping responsible AI governance, consider joining Project Cerebellum by visiting JOIN US. HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM invites you to map and manage such incidents as part of our harm prevention efforts.

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Alleged deployer
unknown
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
rigathi-gachagua, donald-trump, general-public-of-kenya, united-states-kenya-relations, kenyan-political-discourse

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1052

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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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