Incident 174: Fake LinkedIn Profiles Created Using GAN Photos

Description: More than a thousand inauthentic LinkedIn profiles using allegedly GAN-generated photos were notified by researchers at Stanford to LinkedIn’s staff, and many of which were removed for violating rules against creating fake profiles and falsifying information.

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Alleged: unknown developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed LinkedIn users.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
174
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2022-02-28
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam

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