Second Consecutive Year of Alleged AI-Generated Images Depicting Katy Perry at Met Gala Circulating Online

May 6, 2025

AI-generated images, reportedly depicting Katy Perry at the Met Gala, circulated online for a second year in a row. Although no malicious intent or harm has been established, these incidents underscore the importance of responsible and trustworthy AI. In such instances, HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) can help establish guardrails to ensure safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping the future of AI governance, JOIN US.

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Matched TAIM controls

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.696, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.694, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.2 — similarity 0.683, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: unknown
Alleged developer: unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties: truth, katy-perry, general-public, fans-of-katy-perry

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1059

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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