Description: A political dispute reportedly emerged in India after the Madhya Pradesh Congress alleged that AI-generated images were uploaded to a government platform in connection with water conservation works linked to the National Water Awards. District officials reportedly denied that the images influenced the award process, stating that evaluations relied on verified data and field inspections and that a limited number of AI-generated images appeared only on a separate educational portal.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers and Unknown image generator developers developed an AI system deployed by Khandwa District Administration (Madhya Pradesh, India), which harmed General public , General public of India , General public of Madhya Pradesh , General public of Khandwa District (Madhya Pradesh) and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology and Unknown image generators
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1323
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-12-28
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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The Congress on Monday accused the Madhya Pradesh government of corruption, alleging that the Khandwa district administration secured a national water conservation award by submitting AI-generated images, a charge denied by the district's o…
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