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Incident 201: Climate Action Group Posted Deepfake of Belgian Prime Minister Urging Climate Crisis Action

Description: A deepfake video showing the Belgium’s prime minister speaking of an urgent need to tackle the climate crises was released by a climate action group.

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Alleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by Extinction Rebellion Belgium, which harmed Shophie Wilmès and Belgian government.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
201
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2020-04-14
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

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Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

3.1. False or misleading information

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Misinformation

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

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XR Belgium posts deepfake of Belgian premier linking Covid-19 with climate crisis
Deepfake democracy: Here's how modern elections could be decided by fake news
XR Belgium posts deepfake of Belgian premier linking Covid-19 with climate crisis

XR Belgium posts deepfake of Belgian premier linking Covid-19 with climate crisis

brusselstimes.com

Deepfake democracy: Here's how modern elections could be decided by fake news

Deepfake democracy: Here's how modern elections could be decided by fake news

weforum.org

XR Belgium posts deepfake of Belgian premier linking Covid-19 with climate crisis
brusselstimes.com · 2020

A deepfake video showing Belgium’s prime minister speaking of an urgent need to tackle the economic and climate crises has been put into circulation by Extinction Rebellion Belgium.

Published on Tuesday, the video is a modification of a pre…

Deepfake democracy: Here's how modern elections could be decided by fake news
weforum.org · 2020
  • The emerging threat of deepfakes could have an unprecedented impact on this election cycle, raising serious questions about the integrity of democratic elections, policy-making and our society at large.
  • A new ethical agenda for AI in polit…

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