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Incident 851: Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown's Voice and Image Misused in AI-Generated Scam

Description: A scammer used AI to create a deepfake video of Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown, falsely claiming that a recipient owed $100,000 to the federal government. The video, sent via email from a fake SLCPD account, used a cloned voice and repurposed footage from a past interview.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology creators developed an AI system deployed by Unidentified scammers and Unknown deepfake creators, which harmed Mike Brown , Woods Cross residents and Salt Lake City residents.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
851
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2024-10-25
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

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Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

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New AI-generated scam uses Salt Lake City chief's voice, image
Don’t fall for AI scams cloning cops’ voices, police warn
New AI-generated scam uses Salt Lake City chief's voice, image

New AI-generated scam uses Salt Lake City chief's voice, image

ksltv.com

Deepfake of Salt Lake police chief prompts warning about AI scams impersonating police

Deepfake of Salt Lake police chief prompts warning about AI scams impersonating police

ksl.com

Salt Lake City police warn community of scam involving AI-generated voice of Chief Mike Brown

Salt Lake City police warn community of scam involving AI-generated voice of Chief Mike Brown

fox13now.com

Don’t fall for AI scams cloning cops’ voices, police warn

Don’t fall for AI scams cloning cops’ voices, police warn

arstechnica.com

New AI-generated scam uses Salt Lake City chief's voice, image
ksltv.com · 2024

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City Police Department is warning about a new artificial intelligence-generated scam using Chief Mike Brown’s image and voice.

According to Det. Dalton Beebe with Salt Lake City police, someone in Woods Cross,…

Deepfake of Salt Lake police chief prompts warning about AI scams impersonating police
ksl.com · 2024

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City police are urging caution against scammers using artificial intelligence to impersonate police.

The warning comes after a Woods Cross resident reported receiving an email from what appeared to be a police acc…

Salt Lake City police warn community of scam involving AI-generated voice of Chief Mike Brown
fox13now.com · 2024

SALT LAKE CITY — If you received an email that included footage of Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown saying that you owe the federal government nearly $100,000, it was a scam.

Salt Lake City Police learned a community member in Woods C…

Don’t fall for AI scams cloning cops’ voices, police warn
arstechnica.com · 2024

AI is giving scammers a more convincing way to impersonate police, reports show.

Just last week, the Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) warned of an email scam using AI to convincingly clone the voice of Police Chief Mike Brown.

A cit…

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