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Purported AI-Manipulated Videos Depict Mauricio Macri Endorsing Manuel Adorni and Silvia Lospennato Withdrawing Before Buenos Aires Vote

May 17, 2025

Incidents of reported AI-generated deepfakes were circulated on X in the final hours before the Buenos Aires municipal election in May 2025. The alleged synthetic content depicted Mauricio Macri endorsing Manuel Adorni and Silvia Lospennato withdrawing, which officials described as an attempt to mislead voters. A formal complaint was filed with the electoral tribunal, and an investigation was requested. This serves as a stark reminder of the importance of trustworthy AI, safe and secure AI practices, and robust governance in preventing such incidents.

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Alleged deployer
unknown-actors-affiliated-with-pro-la-libertad-avanza-social-media-accounts, @gordodan_, @mileiemperador, @patriciovogel1
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
mauricio-macri, silvia-lospennato, voters-of-buenos-aires, voters-of-argentina, general-public-of-argentina, electoral-integrity

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1079

Data source

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

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

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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