Description: Alexis Martínez-Arizala, a man from Florida, allegedly approached a Seminole County deputy inside a Lake Mary sporting-goods store and allegedly showed a three-second AI-generated video purporting to show people entering the deputy's marked patrol vehicle outside. Investigators later said surveillance footage showed no such event occurred, and local reporting said the deputy responded as though the threat were real. Martínez-Arizala was later arrested on multiple Florida charges
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View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Alexis Martínez-Arizala, which harmed Seminole County Sheriff’s Office deputy , General public , General public of Florida and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI system: Unknown deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1450
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2026-03-24
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- A South Florida man was arrested after showing an A.I.-generated video to a deputy at a store in Lake Mary last month, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office.
In a release, the SCSO said that the deputy w…
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Bryan Beyer, Seminole County Sheriff's Office post-incident response
A South Florida man has been arrested in Puerto Rico following an investigation into a fabricated video believed to have been created using artificial intelligence as part of a false report made to a deputy with the Seminole County Sheriff'…
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How to spot a fake
Even a year ago, Gogolin says, spotting a fake was relatively straightforward. That's no longer the case.
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Variants
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