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Incident 60615 Report
Deepfaked Advertisements Using the Likenesses of Celebrities Such as Tom Hanks and Gayle King Without Their Consent
2023-10-02
Deepfake technology was used to generate video advertisements featuring celebrities. Notable examples include the likeness of Tom Hanks touting a dental plan and another one in which the likeness of Gayle King touts a weight loss product. In each case, the individuals whose likenesses and voices had been deepfaked had not consented to their images and voices being used for the commercials.
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AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
2026-07-24
A political video titled "It's Out of Your Control" reportedly used an AI-generated voice resembling Taiwan President Lai Ching-te while criticizing the government's response to a cooking-oil safety scandal. Police said the voice could be mistaken for Lai and later confirmed it was AI-generated. Opposition figures defended the video as political expression while prosecutors opened a forgery investigation.
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Celebrities' Deepfake Voices Abused with Malicious Intent
2023-01-30
Voices of celebrities and public figures were deepfaked using voice synthesis for malicious intents such as impersonation or defamation, and were shared on social platforms such as 4chan and Reddit.
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DuckDuckGo Search Assist Reportedly Falsely Claimed Donald Trump and JD Vance Died of Rabies
2026-06-25
DuckDuckGo's Search Assist reportedly produced an answer stating that Donald Trump and JD Vance had died of rabies and repeated fabricated details involving Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The answer cited a false WKNA49 article alongside an unrelated ABC News report. Reporting linked the episode to adversarial web content associated with r/poisonai. DuckDuckGo said Search Assist had been "deliberately tricked," fixed the result, and planned updates.
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Texas Man Arturo Hernandez Allegedly Published AI-Generated Deepfake Pornography Depicting Women in TAKE IT DOWN Act Case
Deepfake technology
Incidents implicated systems
- Incident 16476 Reports
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Synthetic media generation technology developers
Incidents involved as Developer
- Incident 16476 Reports
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- Incident 15642 Reports
Purported Deepfakes of Public Figures and Celebrities Reportedly Used to Market Honey-Based Supplements as Alzheimer's Treatments
Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Incidents involved as Developer
- Incident 16476 Reports
AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
- Incident 15642 Reports
Purported Deepfakes of Public Figures and Celebrities Reportedly Used to Market Honey-Based Supplements as Alzheimer's Treatments
Synthetic media generation technology
Incidents implicated systems
- Incident 16476 Reports
AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
- Incident 15642 Reports
Purported Deepfakes of Public Figures and Celebrities Reportedly Used to Market Honey-Based Supplements as Alzheimer's Treatments
Synthetic audio generation technology
Incidents implicated systems
- Incident 16476 Reports
AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
- Incident 15642 Reports
Purported Deepfakes of Public Figures and Celebrities Reportedly Used to Market Honey-Based Supplements as Alzheimer's Treatments
Synthetic media creators
Incidents involved as Deployer
- Incident 16476 Reports
AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
- Incident 16391 Report
Turkish National Reportedly Posted a Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Himself with Eric Trump While Promoting Trump Hotel Dubai
Information manipulation actors
Incidents involved as Deployer
- Incident 16476 Reports
AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
- Incident 16391 Report
Turkish National Reportedly Posted a Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Himself with Eric Trump While Promoting Trump Hotel Dubai