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Donald Trump

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 6213 Report
Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

2023-11-10

Microsoft’s AI Image Creator, integrated with Bing and Windows Paint, produced disturbingly violent and graphic images featuring members of minority groups and public figures like Joe Biden and Pope Francis.

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Incident 7623 Report
Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

2024-08-14

Elon Musk’s Grok AI, launched on X, generated offensive and violent images without adequate safety controls. The AI produced deepfakes of public figures like Taylor Swift, Kamala Harris, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as copyrighted characters such as Mickey Mouse in inappropriate scenarios. Despite claiming adherence to certain content guidelines, Grok's outputs included politically charged and explicit imagery

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Incident 5472 Report
Ron DeSantis's Presidential Campaign Released Twitter Video Containing AI Images of Donald Trump Hugging Anthony Fauci

2023-06-05

Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign shared a video on Twitter featuring some AI-generated images of Donald Trump hugging former White House coronavirus advisor Anthony Fauci, allegedly as a smear campaign. This incident is possibly the first time a major U.S. presidential campaign deployed deepfakes with the intention of misleading the electorate.

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Incident 7421 Report
Grok AI Model Reportedly Fails to Produce Reliable News in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt

2024-07-13

xAI's model Grok, intended to automate news delivery on the X platform, is reported to have struggled to provide accurate information during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Grok apparently issued incorrect headlines, including false reports about Vice President Kamala Harris being shot and misidentifying the alleged shooter. These errors show the pitfalls of relying on AI for real-time news aggregation, as it allegedly amplified unverified claims and failed to recognize sarcasm, undermining its reliability.

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Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 7662 Report
Trump Shares AI-Generated Images Falsely Suggesting Taylor Swift Endorsement

2024-08-18

Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on social media that falsely depicted Taylor Swift endorsing him for the upcoming election. The images, which included Swift dressed as Uncle Sam and fans wearing “Swifties for Trump” shirts, were shared despite being labeled as satire.

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Incident 7672 Report
AI Image of Kamala Harris at DNC with Communist Flags Circulated by Trump

2024-08-18

Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image on social media that falsely depicted Kamala Harris speaking at a DNC event surrounded by communist imagery including the hammer and sickle of the Soviet Union. The image was intended to undermine Harris ahead of the Democratic National Convention and to suggest that her views are aligned with communism.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Windows Paint

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Microsoft

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

Bing users

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

Bing

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

AI Image Creator

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

Sikh people

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

President Joe Biden

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

Pope Francis

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

Navajo people

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

Minorities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

Hillary Clinton

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

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Entity

General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 621
    3 Reports

    Microsoft AI Is Alleged to Have Generated Violent Imagery of Minorities and Public Figures

  • Incident 766
    2 Reports

    Trump Shares AI-Generated Images Falsely Suggesting Taylor Swift Endorsement

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X (Twitter)

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 762
    3 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 742
    1 Report

    Grok AI Model Reportedly Fails to Produce Reliable News in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Entity

Elon Musk

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 763
    1 Report

    Grok AI Chatbot Reportedly Spreads Unfounded Rumors About Trump’s Dentures

  • Incident 949
    1 Report

    Unauthorized AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk Reportedly Appears on HUD Building Screens

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 742
    1 Report

    Grok AI Model Reportedly Fails to Produce Reliable News in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt

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Entity

xAI

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 762
    3 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

  • Incident 763
    1 Report

    Grok AI Chatbot Reportedly Spreads Unfounded Rumors About Trump’s Dentures

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 742
    1 Report

    Grok AI Model Reportedly Fails to Produce Reliable News in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt

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Entity

Kamala Harris

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 762
    3 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

  • Incident 767
    2 Reports

    AI Image of Kamala Harris at DNC with Communist Flags Circulated by Trump

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Journalism

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 742
    1 Report

    Grok AI Model Reportedly Fails to Produce Reliable News in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt

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Entity

Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 547
    2 Reports

    Ron DeSantis's Presidential Campaign Released Twitter Video Containing AI Images of Donald Trump Hugging Anthony Fauci

  • Incident 681
    1 Report

    Never Back Down Super PAC for Ron DeSantis Uses AI Donald Trump Voice in Attack Ad Against Kim Reynolds

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unknown

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 547
    2 Reports

    Ron DeSantis's Presidential Campaign Released Twitter Video Containing AI Images of Donald Trump Hugging Anthony Fauci

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Entity

Anthony Fauci

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 547
    2 Reports

    Ron DeSantis's Presidential Campaign Released Twitter Video Containing AI Images of Donald Trump Hugging Anthony Fauci

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Entity

Lincoln Project

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 664
    1 Report

    Deepfake Generated by the Lincoln Project of Trump's Father Used in Political Attack Ad

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Entity

Public discourse integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 664
    1 Report

    Deepfake Generated by the Lincoln Project of Trump's Father Used in Political Attack Ad

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Political integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 664
    1 Report

    Deepfake Generated by the Lincoln Project of Trump's Father Used in Political Attack Ad

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Never Back Down

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 681
    1 Report

    Never Back Down Super PAC for Ron DeSantis Uses AI Donald Trump Voice in Attack Ad Against Kim Reynolds

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Entity

Kim Reynolds

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 681
    1 Report

    Never Back Down Super PAC for Ron DeSantis Uses AI Donald Trump Voice in Attack Ad Against Kim Reynolds

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Entity

Unknown deepfake creator

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 766
    2 Reports

    Trump Shares AI-Generated Images Falsely Suggesting Taylor Swift Endorsement

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 697
    1 Report

    Deepfake Image Circulating of Donald Trump with Underage Girl at Jeffrey Epstein's Private Island

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 697
    1 Report

    Deepfake Image Circulating of Donald Trump with Underage Girl at Jeffrey Epstein's Private Island

  • Incident 949
    1 Report

    Unauthorized AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk Reportedly Appears on HUD Building Screens

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Entity

Taylor Swift

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 762
    3 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

  • Incident 766
    2 Reports

    Trump Shares AI-Generated Images Falsely Suggesting Taylor Swift Endorsement

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Entity

Nintendo

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 762
    3 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

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Entity

Joe Biden

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 762
    3 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

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Entity

Disney

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 762
    3 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

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Entity

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 762
    3 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards

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Entity

X (Twitter) users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 763
    1 Report

    Grok AI Chatbot Reportedly Spreads Unfounded Rumors About Trump’s Dentures

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Entity

Swifties

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 766
    2 Reports

    Trump Shares AI-Generated Images Falsely Suggesting Taylor Swift Endorsement

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Entity

Electoral integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 766
    2 Reports

    Trump Shares AI-Generated Images Falsely Suggesting Taylor Swift Endorsement

  • Incident 767
    2 Reports

    AI Image of Kamala Harris at DNC with Communist Flags Circulated by Trump

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Democracy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 766
    2 Reports

    Trump Shares AI-Generated Images Falsely Suggesting Taylor Swift Endorsement

  • Incident 767
    2 Reports

    AI Image of Kamala Harris at DNC with Communist Flags Circulated by Trump

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Entity

Unknown image generator

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 767
    2 Reports

    AI Image of Kamala Harris at DNC with Communist Flags Circulated by Trump

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Entity

Democratic National Committee

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 767
    2 Reports

    AI Image of Kamala Harris at DNC with Communist Flags Circulated by Trump

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Entity

Unnamed

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 949
    1 Report

    Unauthorized AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk Reportedly Appears on HUD Building Screens

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Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 949
    1 Report

    Unauthorized AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk Reportedly Appears on HUD Building Screens

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Entity

Unknown deepfake app

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 949
    1 Report

    Unauthorized AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk Reportedly Appears on HUD Building Screens

  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

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Entity

Apple

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 952
    1 Report

    Apple’s Voice Dictation Reportedly Substitutes ‘Trump’ for ‘Racist’ Due to Speech Recognition Bug

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Entity

Apple users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 952
    1 Report

    Apple’s Voice Dictation Reportedly Substitutes ‘Trump’ for ‘Racist’ Due to Speech Recognition Bug

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Entity

iPhone

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 952
    1 Report

    Apple’s Voice Dictation Reportedly Substitutes ‘Trump’ for ‘Racist’ Due to Speech Recognition Bug

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Entity

DangerousAI

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Entity

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

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Entity

Facebook users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

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YouTube users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Entity

YouTube

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1005
    1 Report

    Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook

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Entity

Unknown scammers behind the Trump Golden Eagles scam

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Fraudulent investment scheme operators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Telegram-based financial scam network

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Unknown AI voice cloning developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Wesley Skelton

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Bay Area residents targeted by Trump Golden Eagles scam

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Public trust in financial institutions

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Bank of America

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Tesla

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

SpaceX

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Brian Moynihan

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Unknown deepfake generation tools

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Unknown AI voice cloning tools

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Telegram messaging platform

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 920
    1 Report

    Deepfake Scam Falsely Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity

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Entity

Unknown TikTok user

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Entity

social media users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Entity

Truth

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Entity

TikTok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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