Description: Prominent Indian journalist Ravish Kumar reported that multiple YouTube channels are using purported deepfakes to mimic his face and voice, spreading fabricated and nonsensical news in his name. Kumar warned viewers not to trust these channels, filed complaints with YouTube, and is awaiting action.
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View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers and Unknown voice cloning technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown YouTubers impersonating Ravish Kumar, which harmed Ravish Kumar , Fans of Ravish Kumar , YouTube users , General public of India and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Unknown voice cloning technology and YouTube
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4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
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
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AI
Timing
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Post-deployment
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Intentional
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Popular journalist Ravish Kumar, who quit the now-Adani-acquired NDTV media house to start journalism via YouTube, drawing over 1.4 crore followers, has flagged concerns about AI and deepfakes.
In his latest social media post, Kumar, a Ramo…
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