Incident 828: Uruguayan TV Program Santo y Seña Uses a Deepfake of Political Candidate Yamandú Orsi Without His Consent

Description: Uruguayan TV program Santo y Seña, hosted by Ignacio Álvarez, used AI to create a virtual representation of political candidate Yamandú Orsi, who declined an appearance. Nevertheless, without Orsi's permission, an AI-generated "Orsi" was shown alongside Andrés Ojeda, a rival candidate who appeared in person on the program.

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Incident Stats

Incident ID
828
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2024-10-13
Editors
Dummy Dummy
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

4.1. Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale

Risk Domain

  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Human

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Intentional

Santo y Seña showed a fake interview with Orsi, created with artificial intelligence
lr21.com.uy · 2024
AI Translated

During an event in Paysandú, Alejandro "Pacha" Sánchez, campaign manager for Yamandú Orsi, warned about the possible dissemination of a false interview with the Frente Amplio candidate, generated by artificial intelligence.

He expressed his…

Stone guest: Orsi did not go to “Santo y seña” and the program used AI to have him
montevideo.com.uy · 2024
AI Translated

The expression “stone guest” is part of the title of the play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra, attributed to the Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina, one of the most prolific writers of the Spanish Golden Age.

Over the years, th…

Santo y Seña recreated a conversation with Orsi through artificial intelligence; “Pacha” Sánchez and Blanca Rodríguez come out to meet
elobservador.com.uy · 2024
AI Translated

Yamandú Orsi did not grant an interview to the program Santo y Seña of Channel 4 and the journalistic program conducted by Ignacio Álvarez retorted this Sunday night: the candidate of the Broad Front declared in studios, but as a version re…

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