Synthetic media generation technology developers
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Incident 165525 Report
Suno Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Music Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
2024-06-24
Record labels and independent artists alleged that Suno copied copyrighted recordings without permission and used them to train its generative music models. Suno later acknowledged training on tens of millions of publicly accessible recordings while asserting fair use. Plaintiffs alleged the practice deprived rightsholders of licensing control and compensation and enabled competing AI-generated music.
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Udio Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Sound Recordings Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
2024-06-24
Record labels and independent artists alleged that Udio copied copyrighted recordings without permission and used them to train its generative music models. Udio acknowledged that its training data presumably included recordings owned by the plaintiffs but argued the copying was fair use. Plaintiffs alleged losses of licensing control and compensation and competition from AI-generated music.
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Incident 59757 Report
Female Students at Westfield High School in New Jersey Reportedly Targeted with Deepfake Nudes
2023-10-20
In October 2023, alleged deepfake nude images of female students were created and shared at Westfield High School in New Jersey. One alleged implicated system in this incident is the Clothoff deepfake app. A victim, Francesca Mani, and her mother, Dorota, began advocating for stronger laws after the school’s response reportedly left perpetrators unaccountable. Since the incident, their advocacy has drawn national attention, leading to trips to Washington, D.C., and bipartisan backing for legislation targeting AI-generated nonconsensual content while calling attention to deficiencies in existing legal protections.
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American Asylum Seeker John Mark Dougan in Russia Reportedly Spreads Disinformation via AI Tools and Fake News Network
2024-05-29
John Mark Dougan, a former Florida sheriff's deputy granted asylum in Russia, has been implicated in spreading disinformation. Utilizing AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT and DALL-E 3, Dougan created over 160 fake news sites, disseminating false narratives to millions worldwide. His actions align with Russian disinformation strategies targeting Western democracies. See also Incident 734.
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Non-consensual Deepfake Porn Targeted Female Content Creators
2023-01-30
Unauthorized, non-consensual deepfake pornography showing faces of high-profile female streamers and content creators was published on a subscription-based website, which gained notoriety after a male streamer was caught accessing the site.
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Purportedly AI-Generated Video Reportedly Misled Elderly Malaysian Couple Into Traveling to Nonexistent Cable Car Attraction
2025-06-30
An elderly couple from Kuala Lumpur reportedly drove three hours to Kuak Hulu, Perak, on June 30, 2025, after viewing a purportedly Google Veo 3-generated video depicting a nonexistent cable car attraction called the Kuak Skyride. Published on TikTok by "TV Rakyat," the video featured a synthetic reporter and purported visitors. The couple learned after arriving that the attraction did not exist.
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Incident 15622 Report
Pennsylvania Man Allegedly Used Grok to Create and Possess Purportedly AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
2026-04-15
Between April 15 and 25, 2026, Bucks County prosecutors in Pennsylvania alleged that Harry Tiffany IV used Grok to create and possess AI-generated child sexual abuse material. xAI reportedly submitted seven CyberTips flagging 37 files uploaded or shared through the chatbot interface. Investigators said his phone contained the flagged Grok account and additional files depicting minors.
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Purportedly AI-Generated Image Prompted Emergency Investigation of False Fire at South Africa's Orlando West High School
2026-01-05
A purportedly AI-generated image reportedly depicting Orlando West High School of Soweto, South Africa, on fire circulated and was allegedly shared with emergency services. Johannesburg EMS reportedly investigated and visited the school, confirming that no fire had occurred. Officials said the false report caused public alarm and diverted emergency resources.
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Deepfake creators
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Synthetic video generation technology
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Students
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- Incident 16238 Reports
Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School Students Allegedly Used AI to Create Hundreds of Sexualized Deepfake Images of Girls
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Teenager Reportedly Makes Deepfake Pornography of 50 Girls at Bacchus Marsh Grammar School in Australia
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University students
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Stanford University Acknowledged Using AI to Alter Student Photo for Campus Banners, Replacing Hispanic Student With Black Woman
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Male College Freshman Allegedly Made Porn Deepfakes Using Female Friend's Face
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Educational communities
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- Incident 59757 Reports
Female Students at Westfield High School in New Jersey Reportedly Targeted with Deepfake Nudes
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Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School Students Allegedly Used AI to Create Hundreds of Sexualized Deepfake Images of Girls
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Synthetic image generation technology developers
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- Incident 59757 Reports
Female Students at Westfield High School in New Jersey Reportedly Targeted with Deepfake Nudes
- Incident 16238 Reports
Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School Students Allegedly Used AI to Create Hundreds of Sexualized Deepfake Images of Girls
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High school students
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- Incident 6172 Reports
Male student allegedly used AI to generate nude photos of female classmates at a high school in Issaquah, Washington
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Sydney High Schooler Allegedly Generated Deepfakes of Other Students
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Minors
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- Incident 16238 Reports
Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School Students Allegedly Used AI to Create Hundreds of Sexualized Deepfake Images of Girls
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Bentonville, Arkansas, Photographer Allegedly Used Grok to Create AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material from Clients' Photos
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OpenAI
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Voice cloning technology developers
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- Incident 16476 Reports
AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
- Incident 16483 Reports
Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father
Synthetic audio generation technology developers
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- Incident 165525 Reports
Suno Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Music Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
- Incident 165623 Reports
Udio Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Sound Recordings Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
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- Incident 16476 Reports
AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
- Incident 12893 Reports
Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela Reportedly Deepfaked by a Ukrainian National in Cryptocurrency Fraud Targeting Local Residents
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Voice cloning technology
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- Incident 16476 Reports
AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response
- Incident 16483 Reports
Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father
Politicians
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- Incident 8747 Reports
One in Six Congresswomen Have Reportedly Been Targeted by AI-Generated Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery
- Incident 16847 Reports
Dozens of Dutch Women, Including Politicians and Public Figures, Were Reportedly Targeted With AI-Manipulated Deepfake Pornography
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Teachers
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- Incident 16923 Reports
Parkview High School in Georgia Reportedly Received Series of Purportedly AI-Generated Bomb Threats That Prompted Repeated Lockdowns
- Incident 16122 Reports
A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff
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Educators
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- Incident 16923 Reports
Parkview High School in Georgia Reportedly Received Series of Purportedly AI-Generated Bomb Threats That Prompted Repeated Lockdowns
- Incident 16122 Reports
A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff
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Financial scam victims
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- Incident 16605 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Impersonating Miami Immigration Attorney Were Reportedly Used to Defraud Bronx Resident of $4,820
- Incident 16483 Reports
Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father
Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud
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- Incident 15262 Reports
Reddit Scam Ads Reportedly Used Deepfake News Segments and Cloned Media Sites to Promote Allegedly Fake AI Investment Platforms
- Incident 15642 Reports
Purported Deepfakes of Public Figures and Celebrities Reportedly Used to Market Honey-Based Supplements as Alzheimer's Treatments
Politicians in the United States
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- Incident 8747 Reports
One in Six Congresswomen Have Reportedly Been Targeted by AI-Generated Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery
- Incident 17021 Report
Russia-Linked Matryoshka Influence Operation Reportedly Used AI-Cloned Celebrity Voices and Fabricated News-Style Videos to Target Democratic Candidates Ahead of 2026 U.S. Midterms
Investment scam operators
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- Incident 16653 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Article Falsely Depicted Australian Broadcasting Corporation Finance Presenter Alan Kohler Interviewing Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to Promote Boulder Sparhaven
- Incident 15262 Reports
Reddit Scam Ads Reportedly Used Deepfake News Segments and Cloned Media Sites to Promote Allegedly Fake AI Investment Platforms
Donald Trump
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- Incident 9201 Report
Alleged Deepfake Scam Reportedly Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity
- Incident 16991 Report
AI-Generated Images Purporting to Show Donald Trump Kissing White House Aide Natalie Harp Went Viral on Social Media
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Two unidentified Year 11 students at Gladstone Park Secondary College
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Claims verification and due diligence infrastructures in secondary debt markets
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Impersonation scammers
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- Incident 11312 Reports
Alleged Deepfake Identity Scam Uses Miami Beach Realtor's Likeness to Defraud Victim in the United Kingdom in Purported Romance Scam
- Incident 12062 Reports
Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Spiritual Leader Sadhguru Used in Investment Scam Allegedly Defrauding Bengaluru Woman of ₹3.75 Crore (~$425,000)
Victims of impersonation scams
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- Incident 16483 Reports
Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father
- Incident 16653 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Article Falsely Depicted Australian Broadcasting Corporation Finance Presenter Alan Kohler Interviewing Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to Promote Boulder Sparhaven
Cybercriminals
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- Incident 16605 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Impersonating Miami Immigration Attorney Were Reportedly Used to Defraud Bronx Resident of $4,820
- Incident 16483 Reports
Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father
Unnamed 57-year-old woman in Bengaluru targeted by scammers impersonating Sadhguru
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- Incident 16483 Reports
Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father
- Incident 12062 Reports
Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Spiritual Leader Sadhguru Used in Investment Scam Allegedly Defrauding Bengaluru Woman of ₹3.75 Crore (~$425,000)
Meta
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- Incident 12242 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme
- Incident 15231 Report
Reported AI-Generated Videos Placed Kosovo Parliamentary Candidates in Purportedly Fabricated Campaign Scenes
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General public of Australia
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- Incident 16653 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Article Falsely Depicted Australian Broadcasting Corporation Finance Presenter Alan Kohler Interviewing Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to Promote Boulder Sparhaven
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Gold Coast Man Reportedly Ordered to Pay $343,500 After Posting Purported Deepfake Pornographic Images of Australian Public Figures
Investors
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- Incident 12893 Reports
Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela Reportedly Deepfaked by a Ukrainian National in Cryptocurrency Fraud Targeting Local Residents
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Purportedly AI-Generated Article Falsely Depicted Australian Broadcasting Corporation Finance Presenter Alan Kohler Interviewing Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to Promote Boulder Sparhaven
xAI
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- Incident 13851 Report
X Users Reportedly Prompted Grok to Sexualize Images of Renée Good After Her Killing in Minneapolis
- Incident 15111 Report
Grok Reportedly Generated Images After X Users Asked It to Unredact Epstein-File Photos of Children and Women
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CDU Parliamentary Group in the Lower Saxony State Parliament
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Women employees of the CDU Parliamentary Group in the Lower Saxony State Parliament
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Social media users
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- Incident 163410 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Video Reportedly Misled Elderly Malaysian Couple Into Traveling to Nonexistent Cable Car Attraction
- Incident 15513 Reports
Purported AI-Generated Advertisements Reportedly Falsely Depicted Lee Ji-hye Endorsing Food and Clothing Products
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X (Twitter) users
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- Incident 15271 Report
Purported Deepfake Ads Reportedly Fabricated BBC Question Time Confrontations Between Andrew Bailey and Nigel Farage
- Incident 16081 Report
Purportedly AI-Generated Memorial Posters Reportedly Presented Fabricated Child Portraits as Victims of South African School Transport Crash
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Fake investment platforms
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- Incident 16653 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Article Falsely Depicted Australian Broadcasting Corporation Finance Presenter Alan Kohler Interviewing Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to Promote Boulder Sparhaven
- Incident 15531 Report
Purported AI-Manipulated Video of Nirmala Sitharaman Reportedly Promoted High-Return Investment Scam
Scam victims
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- Incident 16605 Reports
Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Impersonating Miami Immigration Attorney Were Reportedly Used to Defraud Bronx Resident of $4,820
- Incident 15642 Reports
Purported Deepfakes of Public Figures and Celebrities Reportedly Used to Market Honey-Based Supplements as Alzheimer's Treatments
Unidentified creators or distributors of AI-generated video targeting a Laredo, Texas, teenager
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Law enforcement
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- Incident 16152 Reports
Scammers Allegedly Used AI-Generated Voice in Boone County, Missouri, Kidnapping Ransom Scam
- Incident 15971 Report
Spokane, Washington, Police Reportedly Circulated Purported AI-Generated Image as Authentic Photo of Injured Dog
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Unnamed Queensland man charged in alleged deepfake sexual-image campaign
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A.B. Paterson College students and staff depicted in alleged AI-generated explicit images
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Unnamed 35-year-old Silleda man accused of creating AI-generated sexual images
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Unnamed 29-year-old man accused of distributing AI-generated sexual images of women in Silleda
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Unidentified perpetrators of Boone County, Missouri, AI voice kidnapping scam
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Boone County, Missouri, resident targeted by alleged AI voice kidnapping scam
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Daughter of Boone County, Missouri, resident targeted by alleged AI voice kidnapping scam
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Voters in the United States
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- Incident 16261 Report
American Exceptionalism Institute's Purportedly AI-Generated Ad Drew Defamation Claims Over Marsha Blackburn Pharmaceutical Bribery Allegations
- Incident 17021 Report
Russia-Linked Matryoshka Influence Operation Reportedly Used AI-Cloned Celebrity Voices and Fabricated News-Style Videos to Target Democratic Candidates Ahead of 2026 U.S. Midterms