Scammers Allegedly Using Deepfake Technology to Impersonate Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan

March 4, 2025

Scammers are reportedly using deepfake technology to impersonate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The video, circulated from a Russian-language account called Noticias Mundiales ('World News'), underscores the urgent need for trustworthy AI governance. Join us in shaping safe and secure AI practices by contributing to the HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) incident database.

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GOVERN 2.2 — similarity 0.588, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
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Alleged deployer: scammers-impersonating-nikol-pashinyan, unknown-scammers
Alleged developer: unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties: nikol-pashinyan, general-public-of-armenia

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