Purported Deepfake Video Falsely Depicts Biden Announcing National Draft for Ukraine

February 27, 2023

A purportedly deepfaked video, falsely depicting President Biden announcing a national draft for Ukraine support, circulated on social media. This AI-generated content caused widespread misinformation, demonstrating the importance of responsible AI governance to ensure veracity and trustworthiness.

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Alleged deployer
jack-posobiec, @thepatriotoasis
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
ukraine, joe-biden, general-public, biden-administration, general-public-of-the-united-states, general-public-of-ukraine, relations-between-the-united-states-and-ukraine, epistemic-integrity, truth, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/713

Data source

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