Deepfakes
10 incidentsRelated#Impersonation#AI errors#Misinformation#Politics#Fraud
Harmful deployment · bbc.com · AI tools erased scars and visible differences when asked to make people look 'normal'Most of the AI tools tested did as they were asked, and the photos of people with scars and birthmarks came out looking different.
Misuse · ignorance.ai · Richest Man on Earth Pitches Crypto on a SpaceX Stream, Deepfake Not Included in the Fine PrintThe giveaway was a Ponzi scheme hosted by a deepfake of the richest man on Earth. The SpaceX logo was the part that looked suspicious to nobody.
Misuse · Serious · thebureauinvestigates.com · Police reopen Grok deepfake abuse case after survivor's complaint and investigative reportingVictims had to fight to get police to treat sexualised AI images under the right law.
Misbehavior · bbc.com · Just Eat's AI saw a cheese roll and served up sushiTeaching a robot British food is hard. Teaching it that 'soda' and 'plain' are not the same as 'soda bread' and 'plane' is harder.
Misbehavior · fullfact.org · Google's AI Detector Finds Robots in Ordinary Photos of PoliticiansThe watermark was invisible to humans. The detector saw it anyway, and then the detector was asked to be less sure.
Misuse · futurism.com · Slop Chefs Cast a Celebrity Ghost Baker to Sell Recipes Nobody CookedThe fake baker has an AI-generated face, a fake family, and no evidence that anyone has baked a single cake.
Misuse · futurism.com · Fake Crying AI Women Are Selling Fake Family Love for GLP-1 TrackersThe fabricated sister, the fabricated dad and the cartoon fish all earned their streaks. Nobody involved was real.
Misuse · sophos.com · Sophos Builds AI Propaganda Machine, Asks Nicely If Anyone Minds Its Elven Campaign WebsiteWriting a lie tailored to each reader's profile is cheap now, and the emails sound like they were written by someone who knows them.
Misbehavior · embracethered.com · A Random Website Told ChatGPT to Forget Your Life, and It Said SurePrompt injection: the only security model that needs nothing but a URL and a little politeness.
Misuse · Serious · sophos.com · Scammers Cloned a Boss's Voice, Collected $243K, and Got Ghosted on the Third CallThe melody was convincing. The reimbursement never arrived. Calling back on a known number still beats trusting your ears.