Incident 635: AI-Generated Fake News Targets Black Celebrities on YouTube
Description: YouTube faced a surge of AI-generated fake news targeting Black celebrities, including fake narratives about Sean “Diddy” Combs and others. These videos, blending AI-generated and manipulated media, amassed millions of views, challenging content moderation efforts and highlighting the spread of disinformation.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown AI text-to-speech technology developers and Unknown generative AI tools creators developed an AI system deployed by Variety of YouTube content creators, which harmed General public , Black celebrities , Sean “Diddy” Combs , Steve Harvey , Denzel Washington and Bishop T.D. Jakes.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
635
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-01-30
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
nbcnews.com · 2024
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YouTube videos using a mix of artificial intelligence-generated and manipulated media to create fake content have flooded the platform with salacious disinformation about dozens of Black celebrities, including rapper and record executive Se…
Variants
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