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2024· 60 incidents
May 2024
·10- imageGiorgia Meloni
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned about AI deepfakes after fake images of her circulated online, highlighting the potential for deception and…
- imageChuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries
Chuck Schumer shared a doctored image of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein after the White House posted an AI-generated Cinco de Mayo image featuring…
- mixedWarren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway used a Warren Buffett deepfake at its annual shareholder meeting to demonstrate the cybersecurity risks posed by artificial intelligence.
- imageDonald Trump
A digitally altered image of Donald Trump as The Mandalorian sparked controversy among Star Wars fans and critics alike on Star Wars Day.
- mixedCornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez's victims
Federal prosecutors charged Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez under the TAKE IT DOWN Act for allegedly creating and publishing nonconsensual…
- imageEight women in Queensland
A 52-year-old Queensland man has been charged with 43 offenses after creating and distributing deepfake posters targeting eight women with sexualized imagery
- imagemultiple private women in southeast Queensland
A 52-year-old man was charged for a years-long campaign using AI to superimpose women faces onto sexual images and distributing them on public posters
- imageGrind & Unwind
A new San Francisco restaurant faced significant community backlash and vandalism after using AI-generated food images on its storefront menu displays
- videoRare Beauty
Brands like Rare Beauty and SharkNinja are distancing themselves from TikTok Shop affiliate videos featuring AI-generated influencers and digital avatars
- mixedPetra Urban
A Dutch court artist successfully sought damages after a far-right politician used AI to manipulate her original sketch for political content
April 2024
·12- imageAdrian Fontes
Arizona politicians are increasingly using AI-generated content in campaigns, sometimes to target political opponents, taking advantage of relatively lax…
- imageJapanese Self-Defense Forces 1st Infantry Regiment
A Japanese Self-Defense Forces infantry unit withdrew an AI-generated logo after public criticism deemed it immature and out of step with the SDF's public…
- imageIsraeli soldiers
A digitally fabricated image, shared on social media, falsely depicted Israeli soldiers looting in Lebanon; analysis revealed inconsistencies indicative…
- imageUnknown child victim
A man in Chandler, Arizona faces felony charges for allegedly possessing AI-generated child sexual abuse material, marking the county's first prosecution…
- audioNew Hampshire voters
An AI-generated voice impersonating President Joe Biden was used in a telephone message urging New Hampshire voters to abstain from the presidential…
- audioAndrew Tashner
A family was targeted by an AI voice-cloning scam impersonating their college-aged son to solicit an emergency bond payment of $17,400
- imageNeukgu the wolf
A fake AI image of an escaped wolf in South Korea fooled authorities and diverted resources, delaying the wolf's capture by nine days and highlighting the…
- imageAlexey Navalny
A Russian military recruitment advertisement on VKontakte utilized AI-generated imagery depicting the late opposition leader Alexey Navalny to promote…
- imageUnnamed teacher at River East Transcona School Division
A Winnipeg teacher shares her experience of being targeted by a student who used AI to create and distribute sexually explicit images of her over several…
- audioImran Khan, Joe Biden
Imran Khan, Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister, used AI-generated speeches to reach supporters before the February parliamentary elections. A…
- audioJosh Fawaz
Music experts and industry figures are questioning if Australian producer Josh Fawaz used generative AI to create his viral cover of Madonna's Like a Prayer
- mixedScott Edwards
Washington State Supreme Court candidate Scott Edwards updated his campaign website after it was found to list non-existent and deceased justices
March 2024
·7- mixedChuck Norris
Following the passing of actor Chuck Norris in March 2024 his family issued a warning against AI-generated misinformation circulating online
- audioSony Music artists including Beyoncé, Queen, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus, and Mark Ronson
Sony Music has requested the removal of over 135,000 AI-generated deepfake songs that impersonated its artists to fraudulently claim streaming royalties
- audioWill Trapp's parents
A synthesized version of Will Trapp's voice was used in a phone call scam. The callers, posing as a police officer and then a public defender, instructed…
- videoNirmala Sitharaman
A retired professor in Bengaluru lost over Rs 61 lakh after a deepfake video of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lured her into a fraudulent investment…
- audioRobin and Steve
A Brooklyn couple, Robin and Steve, were targeted in a deepfake voice scam where the scammers convincingly mimicked the voice of Steve's mother, Mona, to…
- imagestudents at an Edmonton school
Two 14-year-old boys in Edmonton face criminal charges after using artificial intelligence software to create exploitative images of fellow students
- mixedMia Ballard
The publishing industry faces a crisis of trust after Hachette cancelled the novel Shy Girl by Mia Ballard due to evidence of AI-generated content
February 2024
·6- mixedMary Berg, Michael Bublé, Rick Mercer, Sidney Crosby, Ian Hanomansing
Scammers are increasingly using generative AI to create deceptive advertisements that exploit the likenesses of prominent Canadians to promote fraudulent…
- audioLehi parent
A Lehi, Utah parent was targeted in a scam using AI voice cloning to mimic their child's voice and simulate a kidnapping, demanding money for their safe…
- imageOver 50 Canadian women
Authorities in Canada are investigating an AI deepfake case involving over 50 women whose photos were manipulated into graphic and violent imagery
- videoBarack Obama and Michelle Obama
Former President Barack Obama addressed Donald Trump's sharing of an AI-generated video depicting him and Michelle Obama as apes, condemning the use of…
- imageunnamed Halifax-area woman
A Halifax-area woman is suing a man who used artificial intelligence to create and distribute non-consensual sexualized deepfake images of her as a minor
- mixedArup (global engineering firm)
A finance employee at engineering firm Arup wired $25.6M after a multi-person video call where every participant except them was a deepfake. The case that…
January 2024
·25- imageTaylor Swift
Non-consensual AI-generated imagery of Taylor Swift spread on X, reaching 47 million views before platform intervention. The inflection point for…
- audioJoe Biden
In January 2024, an AI-generated robocall mimicking President Joe Biden targeted New Hampshire voters, illustrating the urgent need for federal election…
- audioNew Hampshire voters / Biden campaign
Cloned audio of President Biden told New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in the primary. The first high-profile AI robocall of the 2024 US election cycle…
- imageRenee Nicole Good
Grok, an AI chatbot, was used to generate sexualized images of a deceased activist, highlighting the weaponization of AI against women and the…
- imageyoung women and children
In early 2024, a surge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes targeted women and children, highlighting the dangers of AI image generation and the lack of…
- mixedan engineering company in Hong Kong
A finance employee at a Hong Kong engineering firm was defrauded of over 25 million dollars after attending a video call with deepfake versions of company…
- mixedKnowBe4
The 2024 KnowBe4 incident illustrates how synthetic insiders using AI-generated identities shift fraudulent hiring from an HR failure to a complex cyber event
- image21 students at a private school in Tasmania
The Tasmanian government is introducing legislation to criminalize non-consensual deepfake imagery following a high-profile incident involving 21 private…
- videoBrad Pitt and Tom Cruise
A deepfake video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting sparked Hollywood outrage and highlighted the rapid advancement of Chinese AI video generation
- audioan unnamed bank CEO
An analysis of the security and privacy risks associated with AI voice cloning platforms following a major 2024 deepfake fraud incident
- mixedArijit Singh
In 2024, playback singer Arijit Singh secured a landmark legal victory against Codible Ventures LLP regarding the unauthorized AI cloning of his voice and…
- mixedPope Francis
Catholic leadership faces a rising tide of AI-generated misinformation and deepfake videos used to deceive followers and facilitate financial scams
- mixedCFO of a Hong Kong finance company
Real-time AI deepfakes now enable sophisticated live impersonations on streaming platforms and video calls that risk financial loss and disinformation
- audioEric Eiswert
A former assistant principal is suing Baltimore County Public Schools after an AI-generated audio deepfake falsely linked her to racist and antisemitic…
- imageSouth Carolina Doe, South Carolina Roe, New Jersey Doe, and Ohio Doe
xAI is seeking to overturn a court ruling that allows four victims of alleged Grok-generated sexual deepfakes to remain anonymous in a class-action lawsuit
- mixedunnamed Hong Kong-based multinational
A Hong Kong-based multinational lost $25 million after an employee was deceived by deepfake participants during a video conference call
- mixedSadiq Khan
London Mayor Sadiq Khan highlights the dangers of AI-generated disinformation after encountering deepfakes of himself used to incite public unrest
- mixedan unnamed multinational company finance employee
A 2024 deepfake incident in Hong Kong saw a finance employee transfer $25 million after being deceived by AI-generated video and audio of senior executives
- imageEmily Hart
An investigation into the creation of Emily Hart, an AI-generated persona used to monetize political discourse and content for financial gain
- mixedJess Asato
Labour MP Jess Asato has initiated legal action against Elon Musk's xAI, alleging the Grok AI tool facilitated the creation of non-consensual sexualized…
- mixedmultinational finance employee
A multinational finance employee was tricked into transferring millions of dollars after a video call in early 2024 that used AI-generated impersonations…
- mixedreal people
In January 2024, xAI tightened Grok's image generation filters after a deepfake controversy, restricting image generation, especially involving real…
- audioWPP
In 2024, criminals impersonated the CEO of WPP, a global advertising company, using AI-generated audio, highlighting the increasing sophistication and…
- mixedAn unnamed company
A deepfake CFO was reportedly used to defraud a company of millions, highlighting the need for better verification processes in financial transactions.
- audioJoe Biden
Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey partner with ElevenLabs, but the AI voice cloning tech was previously used to mimic Joe Biden's voice in robocalls.