Description: In the lead-up to India's 2024 general elections, AI technology was used to create deepfake videos of deceased politicians, such as M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa, aiming to influence voter behavior and campaign strategies. These AI-generated appearances are contributing to the erosion of trust in democratic processes and media discourse.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Muonium and The Indian Deepfaker developed an AI system deployed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , DMK and Various Indian political parties, which harmed Indian electorate , Indian voters , Democracy , Electoral integrity , Media discourse , M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
670
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2024-01-23
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
aljazeera.com · 2024
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Bengaluru, India -- On January 23, an icon of Indian cinema and politics, M Karunanidhi appeared before a live audience on a large projected screen, to congratulate his 82-year-old friend and fellow politician TR Baalu on the launch of his …
france24.com · 2024
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Bengaluru (India) (AFP) -- Death has not extinguished the decades-long rivalry between two Indian leaders: both have now seemingly risen from the grave, in digital form, to rally their supporters ahead of national elections.
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Variants
A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.