Incident 828: Uruguayan TV Program Santo y Seña Uses a Deepfake of Political Candidate Yamandú Orsi Without His Consent

Description: Uruguayan TV program Santo y Seña, hosted by Ignacio Álvarez, used AI to create a virtual representation of political candidate Yamandú Orsi, who declined an appearance. Nevertheless, without Orsi's permission, an AI-generated "Orsi" was shown alongside Andrés Ojeda, a rival candidate who appeared in person on the program.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Santo y Seña and Canal 4, which harmed Yamandú Orsi , Uruguayan electorate , Uruguayan general public , Journalism , Democracy and Electoral integrity.

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Incident ID

828

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Incident Date

2024-10-13

Editors

Daniel Atherton

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Santo y Seña showed a fake interview with Orsi, created with artificial intelligence

lr21.com.uy

Stone guest: Orsi did not go to “Santo y seña” and the program used AI to have him

montevideo.com.uy

Santo y Seña recreated a conversation with Orsi through artificial intelligence; “Pacha” Sánchez and Blanca Rodríguez come out to meet

elobservador.com.uy

lr21.com.uy · 2024

AI Translated

During an event in Paysandú, Alejandro "Pacha" Sánchez, campaign manager for Yamandú Orsi, warned about the possible dissemination of a false interview with the Frente Amplio candidate, generated by artificial intelligence.

He expressed his…

montevideo.com.uy · 2024

AI Translated

The expression “stone guest” is part of the title of the play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra, attributed to the Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina, one of the most prolific writers of the Spanish Golden Age.

Over the years, th…

elobservador.com.uy · 2024

AI Translated

Yamandú Orsi did not grant an interview to the program Santo y Seña of Channel 4 and the journalistic program conducted by Ignacio Álvarez retorted this Sunday night: the candidate of the Broad Front declared in studios, but as a version re…

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