Description: A deepfake video falsifying President Maia Sandu's image and voice was released in Moldova, portraying her in a negative light to sow division and undermine democratic institutions. This video appeared on Telegram and was linked to Russian disinformation efforts.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake creator and Russian propagandists developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Presidency of Moldova , Maia Sandu , Government of Moldova , General public and Democracy.
Incident Stats
Risk Subdomain
A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
4.1. Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
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.
- Malicious Actors & Misuse
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
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
Madalin Necsutu post-incident response
The Presidency of Moldova on Friday denied statements attributed to President Maia Sandu in a new deepfake video made with the help of artificial intelligence, AI.
"In the context of the hybrid war against Moldova and its democratic leaders…
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.
