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Incident 1170: Chris Cuomo Amplifies Reportedly Labeled Deepfake Video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Purportedly Contributing to Misleading Political Narrative

“Chris Cuomo mocked for response after falling for deepfake AOC video”Latest Incident Report

theguardian.com2025-08-14

The US television host Chris Cuomo has been pilloried for falling for a clearly marked parody AI video of the congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

On Wednesday Cuomo, a host on NewsNation and formerly of CNN, took to Instagram to share a…

Incident 1169: Reported AI-Assisted Influence Campaigns by GoLaxy Allegedly Targeting Hong Kong and Taiwan Political Discourse

“China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare”

nytimes.com2025-08-12

The Chinese government is using companies with expertise in artificial intelligence to monitor and manipulate public opinion, giving it a new weapon in information warfare, according to current and former U.S. officials and documents uneart…

Incident 1168: Purportedly AI-Generated Image of British Army Colonels Captured in Ukraine Reportedly Circulates in Russian Media

“False claim of UK colonels captured in Ukraine spreads”

ukdefencejournal.org.uk2025-08-11

A claim that two British Army colonels were captured by Russian special forces in Ukraine has circulated online this week, drawing attention on social media and fringe platforms.

The story, which lacks any independent verification, appears …

Incident 1165: Grok Imagine Reportedly Produces Non-Consensual Taylor Swift Deepfake Nudes Without Explicit Prompting

“Grok generates fake Taylor Swift nudes without being asked”

arstechnica.com2025-08-10

Backlash over offensive Grok outputs continues, just a couple weeks after the social platform X scrambled to stop its AI tool from dubbing itself "MechaHitler" during an antisemitic meltdown.

Now, The Verge has found that the newest video f…

Incident 1166: ChatGPT Reportedly Suggests Sodium Bromide as Chloride Substitute, Leading to Bromism and Hospitalization

“A Case of Bromism Influenced by Use of Artificial Intelligence”

doi.org2025-08-10

AIID editor's note: This peer-reviewed journal article is abridged in parts. See the original source for the complete version, specifically Table 1 and the References section.

Abstract

Ingestion of bromide can lead to a toxidrome known as b…

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AI Incident Roundup – June and July 2025

By Daniel Atherton

2025-08-02

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