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Incident 635: AI-Generated Fake News Targets Black Celebrities on YouTube

Description: YouTube faced a surge of AI-generated fake news targeting Black celebrities, including fake narratives about Sean “Diddy” Combs and others. These videos, blending AI-generated and manipulated media, amassed millions of views, challenging content moderation efforts and highlighting the spread of disinformation.

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Alleged: Unknown generative AI tools creators and Unknown AI text-to-speech technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Variety of YouTube content creators, which harmed Steve Harvey , Sean “Diddy” Combs , General public , Denzel Washington , Black celebrities and Bishop T.D. Jakes.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
635
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-01-30
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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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Fake news YouTube creators target Black celebrities with AI-generated misinformation
Fake news YouTube creators target Black celebrities with AI-generated misinformation

Fake news YouTube creators target Black celebrities with AI-generated misinformation

nbcnews.com

Fake news YouTube creators target Black celebrities with AI-generated misinformation
nbcnews.com · 2024

YouTube videos using a mix of artificial intelligence-generated and manipulated media to create fake content have flooded the platform with salacious disinformation about dozens of Black celebrities, including rapper and record executive Se…

Variants

A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.

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