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Purported Deepfake Disinformation Aired on Russian State TV Allegedly Linking Ukraine to Moscow Attack

March 23, 2024

Russian state television reportedly broadcast a deepfake video, purporting to show senior Ukrainian security officials falsely admitting involvement in the Crocus City Hall massacre. The clip allegedly combined elements from recent interviews with AI-generated audio to create a misleading confession. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack, while independent analysts and governments have rejected the video's narrative. This incident underscores the need for responsible AI governance, as such deepfakes pose significant threats to trustworthy information dissemination. For those interested in shaping safe and secure AI practices, join us at HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) to help establish guardrails for AI.

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Alleged deployer
russian-state-media, ntv-channel
Alleged developer
russian-state-media, ntv-channel
Alleged harmed parties
ukraine, oleksiy-danilov, kyrylo-budanov, journalistic-integrity, media-integrity, epistemic-integrity, truth, general-public, general-public-of-russia, general-public-of-ukraine, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/656

Data source

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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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