AI Safety
Deepfake Incident Database
A curated database tracking verified incidents where deepfake technology has been used to target specific individuals or organizations. This collection documents cases of AI-generated synthetic media being weaponized for impersonation, manipulation, or deception, providing insights into the real-world impact and evolution of deepfake threats.
| Date | Incident | Target | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2025 | NBC Chicago aired a fake AI-generated racing video from a known satirical account, Weaber Valley Speedway, believing it to be real news. The video included a nonsensical caption and was part of a larger set of satirical sites. NBC Chicago has been contacted for comment. | NBC Chicago | Video | Jalopnik |
| Oct 27, 2025 | A woman was shown a video of her truck being stolen, allegedly an AI-generated deepfake used in a scam. | Woman in West Palm Beach | Video | 97.9 WRMF |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Donald Trump claimed that the voice of Ronald Reagan in an anti-tariff ad by the Ontario government was AI-generated. | Donald Trump | Audio | Global News |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Users who voluntarily provided their images for the app could see themselves in videos featuring racial remarks or used as material for fetish accounts. | Users who voluntarily provided their images for the app | Video | Букви |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Real estate agents are using AI-generated images in property listings to make houses appear more appealing than they are. This includes cleaning up walls, improving paint, and enhancing windows in images. AI is also used to virtually stage homes, create nonsensical or misleading features, and distort the perception of size. This results in properties looking significantly better in the AI images than in reality. One example is a listing in Detroit where the AI image vastly differed from the actual house. Another example is a New York City apartment listing where the bedroom appeared far larger than it was due to AI manipulation. | House hunters / Potential Homebuyers | Image | PetaPixel |
| Oct 27, 2025 | AI-generated images and deepfake videos of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev were used in fraudulent YouTube ads. These ads included false claims of his arrest and endorsements of trading platforms, leading to financial fraud where a woman lost Rs 3.75 crore. | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Image Video | The Logical Indian |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Tiffany Salmond, an NRL presenter, was targeted with sexually explicit deepfake images created from her Instagram photos. The images depicted her performing explicit acts and were shared online. The most recent deepfake was shared three weeks ago. | Tiffany Salmond | Image | The Economic Times |
| Oct 27, 2025 | An AI-generated image depicting Bangladeshi women's cricket players wearing burqas was circulated online after their defeat to New Zealand in the Women's World Cup. The image, which originated after the match on October 10, 2025, was identified as AI-generated due to the presence of the Gemini AI logo and visual inconsistencies. An AFP journalist covering the event confirmed that no players wore burqas during the match. | Bangladeshi women's cricket team | Image | Yahoo News Malaysia |
| Oct 27, 2025 | AI-generated and morphed pornographic videos misusing his name and image. Videos falsely depicting him in obscene acts with a person identified as ‘Meenakshi’ and others. | Chiranjeevi | Video Image | Mathrubhumi English |
| Oct 27, 2025 | An AI-generated deepfake video was posted on Instagram claiming that staff at Udaipur’s Taj Lake Palace poisoned wealthy guests. The Delhi High Court ordered Meta to take down the video and share details of the account operator. The video had garnered over 20,000 views. The court noted the video was AI-generated using text-to-speech tools and fabricated visuals. | Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur | Video | LawBeat |
| Oct 27, 2025 | An AI-generated video depicting an elderly woman scolding a disabled young man on a subway was shared on TikTok and YouTube, racking up millions of views. The video contains digital artifacts inconsistent with a genuine scene. The video exploits intergenerational conflict, a sensitive social issue in South Korea. | South Korean public | Video | Yahoo News Malaysia |
| Oct 26, 2025 | Republican candidate John Reid released a YouTube video showing himself debating an AI-generated version of Democratic Senator Ghazala Hashmi. Hashmi’s campaign says she declined to debate Reid, and that his use of her image and voice through AI was not approved and did not reflect her actual statements or positions. | Ghazala Hashmi | Video Audio | WUSA9 |
| Oct 26, 2025 | AI-generated receipts are being used to commit expense fraud. The article cites specific examples of increased fraudulent activity detected by expense software platforms after the release of improved image generation models. The deepfakes involve AI generated invoices and receipts. | Businesses and AP departments | Image | PYMNTS.com |
| Oct 26, 2025 | OpenAI's Sora was prompted to create visual scenes from Aotearoa New Zealand's history, from the 1700s to the 1860s. The prompts were deliberately left open-ended to reveal the model's default visual assumptions rather than prescribe what should appear. The AI-generated images often depicted pre-colonial landscapes as empty wilderness, Captain Cook as a calm civilizer, and Māori as timeless, peripheral figures, recycling colonial stereotypes and biases. | Māori People and their claims to political sovereignty, redress and cultural revitalization | Image | Tech Xplore |
| Oct 26, 2025 | An AI-generated image featuring Vaishnavi and her father, Saikumar, circulated on fan pages, resembling a selfie with Saikumar placing his hand on Vaishnavi’s shoulder. It was posted with the caption, “Sai achan, an unfulfilled dream.” | Vaishnavi and Saikumar | Image | Onmanorama |
| Oct 25, 2025 | A 14-year-old girl's photos were used with the ClothOff AI tool to create a fake nude image. A male classmate used the tool. The fake image was then spread through group chats and social media. The lawsuit seeks to delete all fake images and stop the company from using them to train AI models. It also seeks to remove the tool from the internet and provide financial compensation for emotional harm and loss of privacy. | Teenager in New Jersey | Image | Fox News |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Chinese women are using AI to generate images and videos of homeless men inside their homes to test their partner's love/reaction. The AI-generated content depicts homeless men inside the women's rooms or being invited into the home. | Husbands/Boyfriends of the women creating the deepfakes | Image Video | South China Morning Post |
| Oct 25, 2025 | AI-generated images of monkeys running wild at Georgia King Village apartment complex in Newark triggered panicked calls to authorities, leading police on a frenzied hunt. The images showed scores of primates and two monkeys rummaging through a dumpster. | Newark Police Department and residents of Georgia King Village apartment complex | Image | New York Post |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Andrew Cuomo's campaign created and briefly released an AI-generated video depicting Zohran Mamdani with criminals endorsing him. The video was criticized for racism. Cuomo's campaign blamed a junior staffer for mistakenly posting the unfinished video. A previous video depicted Bill de Blasio as Dr. Evil. | Zohran Mamdani, Bill de Blasio | Video | New York Post |
| Oct 24, 2025 | A man approached Melanie Valentine at a Home Depot with a realistic-looking video allegedly showing someone stealing her husband's truck, attempting to lure her away to catch the 'thief'. Valentine refused and called the police, who are investigating it as suspicious activity involving AI. The video was likely a deepfake intended to facilitate a carjacking scheme. | Melanie Valentine and her husband | Video | WPTV |
| Oct 24, 2025 | A fake image of monkeys at an apartment complex in Newark was generated using AI and sent to the authorities, prompting a police and animal control search. This caused a waste of resources and time for the authorities. | Newark Police Department, Newark Animal Control, Residents of Newark | Image | News 12 - New Jersey |
| Oct 24, 2025 | A deepfake video of Rashmika Mandanna entering an elevator went viral on social media. | Rashmika Mandanna | Video | The Indian Express |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Google's AI systems falsely called Robby Starbuck a 'child rapist,' 'serial sexual abuser' and 'shooter' in response to user queries and delivered defamatory statements to millions of users. Also, falsely connected him with white nationalist Richard Spencer. The chatbot said that he committed spousal abuse, attended the January 6 Capitol riots and appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files, among other things. | Robby Starbuck | Reuters | |
| Oct 22, 2025 | An AI-generated "Martina McBride" voice was used in a scam to trick a fan into selling his home to raise money for her. | Martina McBride's fans | Audio | CNBC |
| Oct 22, 2025 | A deepfake video of Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly announcing her withdrawal from the race circulated on social media. The video imitated an RTÉ news report, including deepfake versions of news anchors. | Catherine Connolly | Video | politico.eu |
| Oct 21, 2025 | AI video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a fake mustache and sombrero, which Jeffries and civil rights groups condemned as racist. | Hakeem Jeffries | Video | Time Magazine |
| Oct 17, 2025 | The NRSC published a deepfake video of Chuck Schumer celebrating the government shutdown. The video used AI to generate Schumer's image and make him say that each day of the shutdown "gets better for us". | Chuck Schumer | Video | NOTUS — News of the United States |
| Oct 17, 2025 | OpenAI paused the ability for users to generate deep fakes resembling Martin Luther King Jr. on its Sora app after "disrespectful depictions" of his image appeared. Dr. Bernice King, Dr. King’s daughter, asked people to stop sending her AI videos resembling her father. Robin Williams’ daughter also asked Sora users to stop generating AI videos of her father. | Martin Luther King Jr. | Video | Advanced Television |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Hiroya Yokoi used generative AI software to create 20,000 sexually explicit images of 262 women, including actresses, television personalities and J-pop idols, which he sold online for profit. He was arrested for displaying fake sexual images of three actresses online. | J-pop idols and actresses | Image | South China Morning Post |
| Oct 16, 2025 | A Quebec court fined Jean Laprade for submitting AI-generated content as legal defense in a contract dispute case involving helicopters and an airplane in Guinea. The fabricated materials included non-existent legal citations and inconsistent conclusions. The judge emphasized the dangers of AI misuse in courts. | Judicial System | Digital Watch Observatory | |
| Oct 16, 2025 | A teenager used a generative AI tool to blend authentic images of three classmates’ actual faces and clothed bodies with computer-generated images of naked body parts to result in images that appear to show his classmates without clothes. The charges against the teenager were ordered to be dismissed because the state law didn’t consider AI-generated sexually exploitative content of children to be a crime against real children at the time. | Three classmates of a teenager | Image | The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel |
| Oct 07, 2025 | Donald Trump used an AI-generated video featuring himself hitting a cowbell to Blue Öyster Cult's song '(Don’t Fear) The Reaper' in a video mocking Democrats. Doctored images falsely portrayed Taylor Swift as a supporter. Blue Öyster Cult clarified they were not contacted or notified in advance and that the copyright is owned by SONY MUSIC. Swift responded by endorsing Kamala Harris and expressing fears around AI and misinformation. | Democrats, Taylor Swift | Video Image | billboard.com |
| Oct 07, 2025 | An AI-generated video of Tupac shopping in Target with fans has surfaced, causing distress among fans who find it disturbing and disrespectful. The video depicts the late rapper interacting with supposed fans asking for pictures. | Tupac Shakur | Video | Yahoo |
| Oct 07, 2025 | A deepfake video of Tupac shopping in Target and interacting with "fans" has surfaced online, sparking outrage. | Tupac Shakur | Video | VIBE.com |
| Oct 07, 2025 | AI deepfake videos depicting Jake Paul coming out as gay, including images of him in front of a Pride flag applying fake eyelashes, wearing colorful eyeshadow, and wearing a pink ballet costume. The videos also show him with Pride-themed boxing gloves. | Jake Paul | Image Video | PinkNews |
| Oct 07, 2025 | AI-generated Bollywood videos, some sexually explicit, depicting celebrities in intimate or romantic scenarios. The Bachchans filed lawsuits seeking removal of AI-generated videos infringing on their intellectual property rights and challenging YouTube’s AI training policy. They are seeking approximately $450,000 in damages from Google and websites offering unauthorized merchandise. | Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | Video | Net Influencer |
| Oct 07, 2025 | Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video parody of Blue Öyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear The Reaper” on Truth Social. The video features an animated Trump and depicts Director Of The United States Office Of Management And Budget Russ Vought as the Grim Reaper, who will pursue mass layoffs of federal workers and shutdown democratic agencies. | Russ Vought, Democratic agencies | Video | Stereogum |
| Oct 07, 2025 | AI-generated child sexual abuse images have risen dramatically, with a 1,325% increase reported. The report highlights the use of AI, including deepfakes, to generate images of underage individuals without their consent. Reports of these images rose from 4,700 in 2023 to over 67,000 in 2024. | Children | Image | holyrood.com |
| Oct 07, 2025 | AI videos are being created using Robin Williams' likeness and voice, which are then sent to his daughter, Zelda Williams, causing her distress. She has publicly requested that people stop creating and sending these AI-generated videos, finding them disturbing and disrespectful to her father's legacy. | Robin Williams | Video Audio | Yahoo News New Zealand |
| Oct 07, 2025 | AI-generated videos using Robin Williams' likeness are being created and shared, causing distress to his daughter, Zelda Williams. She has publicly condemned these videos, stating they are disrespectful to his legacy and her family. The videos are described as being created by 'puppeteering' his likeness and voice. | Robin Williams | Video | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Oct 07, 2025 | Several deepfake videos of Nirmala Sitharaman have been circulated online, manipulated to mislead citizens. | Nirmala Sitharaman | Video | Times of India |
| Oct 07, 2025 | A deepfake video of Madam Pang was used in a Facebook advertisement to promote an illegal betting website. She filed a complaint with the Thonglor Police Station in Bangkok. | Madam Pang | Video | VnExpress International |
| Oct 07, 2025 | Deloitte Australia provided a report to the Australian government's Department of Employment and Workplace Relations that contained errors apparently generated by AI. The report included a fabricated quote from a federal court judgment and references to nonexistent academic research papers. A revised version was published after a researcher alerted the media to the fabricated references. Deloitte agreed to refund the final installment under its contract. The report reviewed departmental IT systems’ use of automated penalties in Australia's welfare system. The revised version included a disclosure that a generative AI language system, Azure OpenAI, was used in writing the report. | Australian Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | The Killeen Daily Herald | |
| Oct 07, 2025 | AI-generated videos depicting Robin Williams were created and distributed, causing distress to his daughter Zelda Williams. She publicly condemned these videos, criticizing the use of AI to repurpose past content. | Robin Williams | Video | The Hollywood Reporter |
| Oct 07, 2025 | AI-generated videos of Robin Williams and other deceased celebrities are circulating on social media. Zelda Williams, Robin Williams' daughter, has publicly stated that she finds these AI-generated videos 'gross' and 'maddening' and has requested people stop sending them to her. | Robin Williams (posthumously) | Video | Deadline |
| Oct 06, 2025 | Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee's office sent out a press release with an AI-generated image of City Hall that contained missing and fabricated elements. The mayor's office acknowledged the use of the artificial image. | City of Oakland | Image | The Oaklandside |
| Oct 06, 2025 | AI-generated videos using Robin Williams' likeness and voice are being created and shared online, causing distress to his daughter, Zelda Williams. These videos are described as attempts to recreate the late actor and have been used to make him say things he never did. Zelda has publicly requested that people stop creating and sending her these videos. | Robin Williams | Video Audio | Variety |
| Oct 06, 2025 | WME opted clients out of OpenAI’s Sora AI video tool, which can insert people into AI-generated environments, because of Hollywood anxiety over AI tools that could disrupt jobs and use talent likenesses without proper authorization. | WME clients (actors, artists) | Video | Los Angeles Times |
| Oct 06, 2025 | Former band director Brennan Marcotte is charged after investigators found over 40 AI-generated child pornography images on his phone. He is also accused of sending inappropriate messages to a 14-year-old student and a former student. | Children (AI-generated images) | Image | KTUL |
| Oct 06, 2025 | Disney promoted a Dude Perfect video with an AI-generated thumbnail featuring a nightmarish Mickey Mouse, upsetting fans because of the character's strange features (waxy skin and human-like teeth). | Disney (Mickey Mouse IP) | Image | Creative Bloq |
| Oct 06, 2025 | Sexually explicit deepfake images were posted online by the defendant, Rotondo, who refused to remove them. The court imposed a financial penalty of more than £220,000. Professor McGlynn provided expert evidence. | Victim of Rotondo, not named in article | Image | Durham University |
| Oct 05, 2025 | Former band director Brennan Marcotte was charged with possession of child sexual abuse material after the Rogers County Sheriff's Office found over 40 AI-generated images of child pornography on his phone. The investigation started due to inappropriate messages involving a student and former student. | Children (creation of child sexual abuse material) | Image | KTUL |
| Oct 04, 2025 | A group in Brazil used deepfake videos featuring Gisele Bündchen and other celebrities on Instagram to promote fraudulent advertising campaigns, including a cosmetic product and free suitcases offer. Victims lost small amounts of money, and the scammers profited millions. Four suspects were arrested, and assets were frozen. The investigation began in August 2024. | Gisele Bündchen and other celebrities, Instagram users | Video | Букви |
| Oct 03, 2025 | An AI-generated video posted by Donald Trump depicts Russ Vought as the grim reaper threatening to slash Democratic priorities. The video is set to music and uses AI to portray Vought negatively. | Russ Vought and Democratic priorities | Video | AL.com |
| Oct 03, 2025 | A Gartner survey found that 62% of organizations experienced deepfake attacks, used in social engineering to impersonate executives and trick employees into transferring money. | Organizations | Audio Video | KnowBe4 blog |
| Oct 03, 2025 | Donald Trump falsely claimed that Kamala Harris's team used AI to create an image of a big crowd of supporters. | Kamala Harris | Image | NPR |
| Oct 02, 2025 | Attackers inject AI-generated deepfakes directly into iOS video calls by connecting a compromised, jailbroken iPhone to a remote server, bypassing its physical camera, and injecting synthetic video streams into active calls. The deepfakes use face swaps and motion re-enactments to transform stolen images or static photos into lifelike video, impersonating legitimate users or creating fabricated identities. | iOS users, specifically those using jailbroken iOS 15 and newer devices | Video | r/applesucks |
| Oct 02, 2025 | Donald Trump shared AI-generated videos on social media depicting Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and curly mustache as mariachi music plays. After Jeffries condemned the video, Trump posted another deepfake video mocking his reaction. | Hakeem Jeffries | Video | Democracy Now! |
| Oct 02, 2025 | Asha Bhosle was granted interim protection against AI cloning of her voice and image by the Bombay High Court. Platforms Mayk Inc, Covers AI, and Harry Tiwari are restrained from exploiting her personality rights. Amazon, Flipkart, and Google are directed to take down infringing content. | Asha Bhosle | Audio Image | India Today |
| Oct 01, 2025 | AI-generated videos posted by Donald Trump depicting Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero with a mustache and Chuck Schumer making derogatory comments about immigrants. The videos were criticized as racist and mocking negotiations to keep the government open during a shutdown. | Hakeem Jeffries | Video Audio | USA Today |
| Oct 01, 2025 | OpenAI released the Sora app, which allows users to create personalized deepfakes using their own likeness or that of others. Examples include a video of Sam Altman stealing a GPU from Target and videos of WIRED colleagues arguing. The app has some safety guardrails, but also allows for potentially convincing deepfakes. | Sam Altman, WIRED Colleagues | Video Audio | WIRED |
| Sep 30, 2025 | An AI production studio created an AI-generated actress named Tilly Norwood. The studio founder claimed they were in talks to sign the AI creation with a talent agency for acting roles. This sparked backlash from actors and SAG-AFTRA, who view it as a threat to human actors' livelihoods and artistry. Clips of Tilly Norwood acting are shared on her Instagram account, including a comedy sketch called 'AI Commissioner'. | Human actors (specifically Tilly Norwood) | Video Image | ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video on social media depicting Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and mustache and Chuck Schumer speaking in a fake voice. This occurred shortly after they met with Trump to discuss a government shutdown. | Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries | Video | CNN |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Deepfake videos and images of Pope Leo XIV are circulating online. The videos show the Pope purportedly speaking on various topics and making statements he never said, including commenting on Charlie Kirk's murder and denouncing colonialism while praising Burkina Faso’s interim president. AI-generated images also depicted the Pope falling down stairs. The Vatican is actively combating these deepfakes. | Pope Leo XIV, Vatican | Video Image | Catholic News Agency |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Brandon Michael Fry was arrested for sexually abusing a child and using AI to generate explicit images of children he knew. The investigation started on April 4th after a report of child sexual abuse. Fry allegedly touched a child while monitoring surveillance cameras and was found to have hundreds of AI-generated images of child sexual abuse material on his computer using images of children he knew. | Children known to Brandon Michael Fry | Image | fox10tv.com |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Jake Paul posted an AI-edited video of himself and Gervonta Davis appearing to kiss, which led to speculation that Davis might cancel their scheduled fight. | Gervonta Davis | Video | The Times of India |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Josh Stilman is accused of sending AI-generated nude images of a social media influencer via Instagram and threatening to post them online if she didn't respond to his messages. He used the username 'FriendBlender'. The FBI found AI-generated images on Stilman's Google Drive and messages sent to the victim. | Social media influencer | Image | ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | An aunt used an AI-generated image of the deceased grandmother for her funeral service, despite objections from other family members who felt it was disrespectful to the grandmother's memory. The AI image was generated from a real photo of the grandmother, but significantly altered her appearance. | The deceased grandmother | Image | TwistedSifter |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Charles Lafkoff, a 71-year-old Houstonian, was scammed out of $15,000 by someone using AI voice cloning to impersonate his son. The scammer claimed his son was arrested for a DUI and needed money for bail. The scammer also impersonated someone from the Harris County Public Defender's office to further the ruse. | Charles Lafkoff | Audio | FOX 26 Houston |
| Sep 24, 2025 | AI was used to clone the voice of Françoise Cadol, the French voice actor for Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider video game series, and incorporate it into an update of Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered without her consent. This resulted in a public outcry from fans and the voice acting community. The game developer, Aspyra, acknowledged the issue and removed the AI-generated voiceover content. | Françoise Cadol (voice actor for Lara Croft) | Audio | ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos |
| Sep 24, 2025 | AI-generated videos are circulating online falsely portraying Rafael Nadal as giving financial advice. The videos mimic his face and voice while falsely attributing investment tips and proposals to him. | Rafael Nadal | Video | Mathrubhumi English |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sarah's face was superimposed onto graphic pornographic images by a friend named John, who confessed to the act. The images were uploaded to 'fakes' websites and pornographic websites. | Sarah | Image | 9News.com.au |
| Sep 23, 2025 | An AI-generated video circulated on social media depicting the CN Tower on fire, leading to increased Google searches. The video was posted by an account that has posted many similar videos showing landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, and the Statue of Liberty on fire. Users pointed out the fake video and said that they were near the CN Tower and it was fine. | CN Tower | Video | Toronto Star |
| Sep 23, 2025 | AI-generated images depicting Arab immigrants taking over London are being shared on social media to fuel anti-immigration protests. These images often feature a Caucasian victim flanked by a menacing mob of minorities and celebrate racism. This has coincided with an increase in anti-immigrant and Islamophobic hate crimes in the UK. | Arab immigrants in London | Image | Futurism |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Deepfakes are used to bypass KYC processes, impersonate executives in fraudulent transfers, and create fake videos promoting bogus Bitcoin giveaways. Law enforcement agencies in Asia dismantled 87 deepfake scam rings impersonating figures like Elon Musk and government officials. Michael Saylor's team removes approximately 80 fake AI-generated YouTube videos impersonating him daily. An $11 million OKX account was drained via AI impersonation. | Michael Saylor, Elon Musk, OKX users | Video | Cointelegraph |
| Sep 23, 2025 | AI-generated images and videos portraying Muslims as threats or instigators of disorder were spread on social media, contributing to anti-Muslim hate and far-right extremism. The content was linked to violent riots in Southport after false claims wrongly identified the suspect in a mass stabbing of children as a Muslim asylum seeker. | Muslims | Image Video | ShiaWaves |
| Sep 23, 2025 | AI-generated videos falsely portraying Akshay Kumar as Maharishi Valmiki. An AI-generated trailer circulating on YouTube falsely claimed that the film would star Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, and Paresh Rawal. | Akshay Kumar | Video | Hindustan Times |
| Sep 23, 2025 | AI-generated video posted by Kevin Kijewski depicted Abdul El-Sayed lighting a chair on fire. El-Sayed denies it is him in the video. | Abdul El-Sayed | Video | FOX 2 Detroit |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Hackers are using a deepfake tool on jailbroken iPhones running iOS 15 or newer to inject AI-generated deepfake video into banking apps, bypassing biometric authentication and committing fraud. The tool uses an RPTM server to link a hacker's computer to the iPhone, taking over the camera feed and feeding the app a deepfake video stream. | Users of banking and financial apps on jailbroken iPhones | Video | Tom's Guide |
| Sep 21, 2025 | Deepfake videos featuring Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo Rodriguez have surfaced on TikTok. One video portrays Rodriguez expressing his support for Kimmel. Another deepfake shows Kimmel telling viewers not to worry about his show's suspension. Another AI-generated clip shows Jimmy Fallon reacting to Kimmel's suspension. | Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo Rodriguez | Video | LateNighter |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Aspyr Media used AI to generate a voice similar to Françoise Cadol's to replace her original recordings for the remastered Tomb Raider games without her consent. This led to legal action and the removal of the AI voice content. | Françoise Cadol | Audio | Twisted Voxel |
| Sep 19, 2025 | A deepfake AI porn video was allegedly shared in Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith's office. A former employee claims to have seen the video. | Unknown individual featured in the deepfake video | Video | IndyStar |
| Sep 15, 2025 | An AI-generated image was created and falsely attributed to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, claiming to be a clearer image of Tyler R., the suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting. The deepfake image contained several AI-generated artifacts, like a distorted flag, gibberish symbol, and unnaturally smooth skin. This image was then used by users online to falsely claim that the FBI had arrested the wrong person. | Tyler R. and the FBI | Image | DW |
| Sep 12, 2025 | A rogue employee used AI to clone voice actor Craig Schmitman's voice without authorization. Aero Cosmetics withdrew all uses of the AI-generated voice and issued multiple apologies. Schmitman's attorney sent a demand letter threatening litigation. | Craig Schmitman | Audio | USA Herald |
| Sep 08, 2025 | Warner Bros. filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that Midjourney enabled users to generate images and videos of characters like Superman, Batman, and Bugs Bunny without authorization. Warner Bros. seeks damages, return of profits, and an injunction. | Warner Bros. (Superman, Batman, Bugs Bunny) | Image Video | AI Insider |
| Sep 08, 2025 | Donald Trump used an AI-generated image parodying 'Apocalypse Now' to threaten Chicago, referencing his plan to bring in the National Guard. The image depicted a war zone with the Chicago skyline in the background. The message was posted on Truth Social and accompanied by threatening text. | Chicago | Image | UNILAD |
| Sep 08, 2025 | Warner Bros. is suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that Midjourney's AI allows users to generate images and videos of Warner Bros.' copyrighted characters. Warner Bros. claims Midjourney trained its AI on illegal copies and encourages users to create infringing content, leading to consumer confusion. | Warner Bros. Discovery (characters like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Bugs Bunny, Powerpuff Girls) | Image Video | Indulge Express |
| Sep 08, 2025 | Older kids are beginning to use “undress” apps to create deepfake nudes of their peers. Some incidents have been reported in California and New Jersey. | Children | Image | Stanford HAI |
| Sep 08, 2025 | Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting himself against a fiery Chicago skyline, suggesting a crackdown on immigration. The post was captioned with a reference to deportations and plans to deploy federal forces and the National Guard. | Chicago immigrants | Image | Gamereactor UK |
| Sep 08, 2025 | ARN used an AI-generated host named 'Thy' on Sydney-based CADA station for six months without disclosing that it was an AI. The AI host's voice and likeness were based on a real ARN employee. Listeners were surveyed about their opinions on AI voices in radio after the reveal. | Listeners of CADA station | Audio | Mumbrella |
| Sep 07, 2025 | The article discusses the rise of AI impersonation scams, including deepfake videos, voice clones, and AI-written emails. It mentions a case where criminals faked the voice of WPP's CEO during a virtual meeting, a con artist cloned a grandson's voice to scam an elderly victim, and a school principal was falsely accused in an audio deepfake. | WPP (advertising giant), elderly victim, school principal in Baltimore | Video Audio | Unite.AI |
| Sep 07, 2025 | Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social depicting Chicago as a war zone, inspired by Apocalypse Now. The image shows the city skyline with helicopters and a beach covered in fire and smoke. The caption included a threatening message about bringing the National Guard to Chicago, referencing a plan to rebrand the Department of Defense and an altered quote from Apocalypse Now regarding deportations. | Chicago | Image | People.com |
| Sep 07, 2025 | AI generates a deepfake video of marital infidelity and delivers it to the soldier’s device to cause psychological distress and neutralize them. | Soldier and his spouse | Video | r/AirForce |
| Sep 07, 2025 | An AI-generated video showed President Traoré announcing a $14 billion grain deal with India and criticizing the United States and Donald Trump. The video was widely circulated on X (formerly Twitter) before being debunked. | Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso | Video | ThePrint |
| Sep 07, 2025 | A 72-year-old homemaker in Hyderabad lost Rs 1.97 lakh to an AI voice cloning scam. She received a WhatsApp message, seemingly from her sister-in-law in New Jersey, urgently requesting money. The voice on the phone sounded familiar when she called to confirm, leading her to transfer the funds via Google Pay. Investigators believe fraudsters used AI to mimic her relative's voice. | 72-year-old homemaker in Hyderabad | Audio | The Indian Express |
| Sep 07, 2025 | A 72-year-old homemaker in Hyderabad lost Rs 1.97 lakh to an AI voice cloning fraud. She received a WhatsApp message, seemingly from her sister-in-law, urgently requesting money. The voice on the other end sounded familiar, convincing her to transfer the money. Investigators believe fraudsters used AI to mimic her relative's voice. | 72-year-old homemaker in Hyderabad | Audio | The Indian Express |
| Sep 07, 2025 | AI-generated image of Donald Trump as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore from *Apocalypse Now*, with helicopters flying over the city and fire raging behind him, titled “Chipopalypse Now.” Trump threatened Chicago with “WAR” in a Truth Social post, renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War via an executive order. | Chicago | Image | The Daily Beast |
| Sep 06, 2025 | Warner Bros is suing Midjourney, alleging that the AI image generating platform allows users to create images and videos of characters like Superman, Batman, and Bugs Bunny without permission. They claim Midjourney knowingly engaged in wrongful conduct and lifted prohibitions on generating content based on infringing images, later claiming to have improved the service. Warner Bros seeks damages, disgorgement of profit, and a halt to further infringements. Similar lawsuits have been filed against Midjourney by other companies like Walt Disney and Universal. | Warner Bros (characters such as Superman, Batman, and Bugs Bunny) | Image Video | CryptoRank |
| Sep 06, 2025 | Warner Bros, Disney, and Universal have filed lawsuits against Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement for allowing users to create images and videos of their characters (Superman, Batman, Bugs Bunny, Darth Vader, Bart Simpson, Shrek, and Ariel) without permission. The companies claim that Midjourney trained its AI service on copyrighted images and videos to offer users high-quality downloadable images of their characters. | Warner Bros, Disney, Universal Studios | Image Video | Cryptopolitan |
| Sep 06, 2025 | Scammers are using AI-generated images of lost pets to demand reward money from their owners. The scammers contact people who have posted about their lost pets online, claiming to have found the animal and requesting payment for its return. They send AI-generated photos of the pet to appear legitimate. | Owners of lost pets in Guelph, Ont. and Guelph-Eramosa Township | Image | CBC |
| Sep 06, 2025 | Opponents of President Joe Biden cited AI-generated images of a displaced child clutching a puppy as evidence of the administration's purported mishandling of the disaster response during Hurricane Helene. | Joe Biden | Image | ScienceAlert |
| Sep 05, 2025 | The article describes two deepfake incidents. One is a deepfake interview for a senior engineering position at Pindrop where the applicant's facial expressions lagged behind his words. The second incident involved scammers posing as the CFO of Arup using an AI-generated video call to convince an employee to send $25 million to Hong Kong bank accounts. | Arup (engineering company) and Pindrop | Video Audio | Pindrop |
| Sep 05, 2025 | Warner Bros. is suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that Midjourney enables users to create AI-generated images and videos of copyrighted characters like Superman and Bugs Bunny. The lawsuit alleges Midjourney trained its AI system on “illegal copies” of Warner Bros. works and encourages its users to pick iconic characters and create downloaded images and videos of those characters in “every imaginable scene.” Even a generic prompt for the AI tool to produce a “classic comic book superhero battle” will generate high-quality images of DC Studios figures such as Superman, Batman and Flash, according to the lawsuit. | Warner Bros. (Superman, Bugs Bunny, Batman, Wonder Woman, Scooby-Doo or the Powerpuff Girls) | Image Video | AP News |
| Sep 05, 2025 | AI company Fable Studio plans to use its AI platform Showrunner to generate footage to reconstruct lost scenes from the 1942 film 'The Magnificent Ambersons.' The Orson Welles estate has objected to this plan, stating they were not informed and that it is an attempt to generate publicity. | Orson Welles' 'The Magnificent Ambersons' | Video | Variety |
| Sep 05, 2025 | Warner Bros. is suing Midjourney for allowing users to generate unauthorized content of its characters using AI image generation. The studio claims Midjourney built its model using illegal copies of Warner Bros. material and encouraged users to create infringing images and videos. | Warner Bros. and its characters (Superman, Bugs Bunny, Batman, Wonder Woman, Scooby-Doo, Powerpuff Girls) | Image Video | CryptoRank |
| Sep 05, 2025 | The article discusses the rise of deepfake pornography and the actions being taken by Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark to combat it. It mentions that deepfake pornography makes up 98% of all deepfake videos online and is often targeted at girls and women. The article also provides an example of a deepfake of Taylor Swift being used to scam people. | Girls and Women, Taylor Swift (example) | Image Video | WPTZ |
| Sep 05, 2025 | Warner Bros. is suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI company enables users to create AI-generated images and videos of copyrighted characters. The lawsuit claims Midjourney trained its AI system on illegal copies of Warner Bros. works and encourages users to create infringing images and videos. | Warner Bros. Discovery (Superman, Bugs Bunny, Batman, Wonder Woman, Scooby-Doo, Powerpuff Girls) | Image Video | The Globe and Mail |
| Sep 05, 2025 | Scammers are using AI to create fake images and videos of athletes to trick fans into sending money. They create fake social media pages and impersonate players in comments and private messages, building relationships before asking for money. One woman lost $2,000 to someone impersonating Austin Riley. The scammers are often based overseas. | Sports fans, specifically fans of the Atlanta Braves | Image Video | WTVM.com |
| Sep 05, 2025 | A 72-year-old homemaker in Hyderabad lost Rs 1.97 lakh to an AI-driven fraud. The scam began with a WhatsApp message that seemed to come from her sister-in-law in New Jersey, urgently requesting money. When she called back, a voice that sounded familiar responded with a simple “Yes.” Believing it to be genuine, she transferred the money via Google Pay. Investigators later confirmed that fraudsters had used AI-generated voice cloning to mimic her relative. | 72-year-old homemaker in Hyderabad | Audio | EdexLive |
| Sep 04, 2025 | Explicit fake images were created and spread among peers. | Elliston Berry | Image | Biometric Update |
| Sep 04, 2025 | Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney for generating unauthorized images and videos of its copyrighted characters, including Superman, Bugs Bunny, and Scooby-Doo. The lawsuit alleges that Midjourney generated images of copyrighted characters like Wonder Woman, Tweety, the Power Puff Girls, and Rick and Morty in response to prompts. Even without specific character mentions, Midjourney allegedly generated images of Superman, Batman, and Flash after the prompt, “classic comic book superhero battle.” | Warner Bros. Discovery | Image Video | The Verge |
| Sep 04, 2025 | Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video on X of him dancing with Cracker Barrel's 'old timer' character after the company reversed a logo change. This was in response to the company reverting to their original logo after customer feedback. | Cracker Barrel | Video | Fox Business |
| Sep 04, 2025 | Warner Bros Discovery is suing Midjourney for allegedly stealing copyrighted characters (Superman, Scooby-Doo, etc.) to train its AI image and video service. Warner Bros claims that Midjourney's service allows users to generate high-quality images of these characters in any imaginable scene. They allege copyright infringement and seek damages, profit disgorgement, and an injunction. | Warner Bros Discovery | Image Video | Reuters |
| Sep 04, 2025 | Donald Trump posted a video to X that showed him digitally inserted into Cracker Barrel’s classic logo. He also posted a spoof depicting Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie locked in a sumo wrestling match. | Cracker Barrel, JB Pritzker, Chris Christie | Video | New York Post |
| Sep 04, 2025 | An AI-generated image resembling Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murder, appeared on the Shein website modeling a shirt. The image was reportedly provided by a third-party vendor and was removed after it was discovered. Experts suggest the image is likely AI-generated based on lighting, skin texture, and anomalies. Shein is investigating the origin of the image. | Luigi Mangione | Image | PetaPixel |
| Sep 04, 2025 | A case study replicating the Brad Pitt audio deepfake scam, using transcript adversarial attacks to completely bypass commercial detectors. Minor linguistic changes in the transcript can dramatically increase a fake audio's detection probability as real, even if the altered wording is slightly unnatural or grammatically imperfect. | Brad Pitt | Audio | r/VocalSynthesis |
| Sep 04, 2025 | Replicated the Brad Pitt audio deepfake scam, using transcript adversarial attacks to completely bypass commercial detectors. | Brad Pitt | Audio | r/cybersecurity |
| Sep 03, 2025 | Deepfake candidates are infiltrating the hiring process, using AI-generated resumes and face-swapping in video interviews. Some IT workers with direct ties to North Korea have been hired unknowingly by U.S. firms, funneling money to Pyongyang. The main target are tech jobs, followed by marketing, design and finance. | HR Departments/Companies | Video | Biometric Update |
| Sep 03, 2025 | AI-generated videos used Dr. Sholas' face and voice to sell vitamins he never endorsed. The videos promoted a vitamin supplement with claims about deficiencies in Black people. The deepfakes were discovered in mid-August after a follower sent him a TikTok clip. Dr. Sholas reported the videos to TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms. TikTok removed the account. | Dr. Maurice Sholas | Video Audio | WWLTV.com |
| Sep 03, 2025 | An AI-generated image showing flames approaching houses in Fort Providence circulated online shortly after the town was evacuated due to a nearby wildfire. N.W.T. Fire refuted the image, stating it did not reflect current conditions and called the post "sensationalized slop." | Fort Providence, N.W.T. residents | Image | CBC |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Will Smith posted a video on Instagram that appears to contain AI-generated people in the crowd. It is believed that about 40% of the video is generated, with real clips interspersed with fake crowd shots. The AI-generated portions are identifiable by unnatural movements and a 'mushy' quality, suggesting the clips were trimmed to avoid obvious artifacts. The goal was likely to pad out the video's runtime to fit Instagram's preferred length. | Will Smith | Video | VICE |
| Aug 27, 2025 | The article discusses Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday's efforts to combat the spread of deepfakes, particularly those targeting children. It mentions a "highly sophisticated deepfake scheme" on Google that allegedly steered a teenager toward suicide. Additionally, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) is criticized for its policies regarding deepfake content, specifically whether deepfake video evidence should influence elections. | Teenagers | Video | The Daily Item |
| Aug 27, 2025 | A father used an AI-generated talking hamster video to tell his daughter that her hamster died after he accidentally killed it in the dishwasher. The AI video was created using Cantina AI, and the hamster says, 'Sorry I died! I went to explore what was inside the dishwasher and your dad didn’t see me. Cantina.' | Daughter of the hamster owner | Video | Times Now |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Will Smith released a promotional video on YouTube for his tour that contained AI-generated crowd footage. Viewers noticed warped faces, blurred features, unnaturally shaped hands, and other inconsistencies caused by AI. Fans criticized the use of AI and questioned why Smith's team would use AI instead of videographers. | Will Smith | Video Image | HOT 97 |
| Aug 27, 2025 | A content creator from Oregon was threatened with the release of deepfake nude photos generated from her real photos. A man from Michigan used her real photos to generate naked photos that he then sent to her on social media. The man sent an entire album of nude AI-generated photos and threatened to release them and sexually assault her if she did not respond. In a separate incident, a Michigan man allegedly took photos of children posted on social media and used AI to create sexually explicit photos of these victims. | Content creator from Oregon, children | Image | FOX 2 Detroit |
| Aug 27, 2025 | A content creator from Oregon was threatened with the release of AI-generated nude photos by a man from Michigan. The man used her real photos to generate the deepfakes. In another case, a Michigan man allegedly used AI to create sexually explicit photos of children from their social media images. | Content creator from Oregon; Children in Michigan | Image | FOX 2 Detroit |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of posting AI-generated images and videos of crowds in his tour promotional material on Instagram. The videos and images show distorted faces, extra fingers, hands, and limbs, with unnatural crowd movement. | Will Smith | Video Image | Thred Website |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of posting AI-generated images of crowds in promotional videos for his tour. The videos show anomalies like extra fingers and limbs, distorted faces, and unnatural movement, leading to accusations of AI generation. | Will Smith | Video Image | Thred Website |
| Aug 27, 2025 | A Facebook page called, “DSWD TV,” posted a pseudo-newscast narrated by a male anchor, linking to an external site listing supposed post-vaccine diseases. The newscast is AI-generated with a faint “Veo” watermark. Google Veo is a text-to-video AI generator that can create narrated clips from prompts, showing that the reel was likely machine-produced rather than an actual news broadcast. | General Public | Video | Rappler |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of using AI-generated crowds in promotional videos for his rap comeback, which some viewers and social media users have noted appears digitally generated due to glitches and repeated, uniform motion of fans. The videos remain online, but representatives for Smith have not addressed the criticism. | Will Smith | Video | yahoo.com |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of using AI to generate cheering crowds in promotional videos for his rap comeback. Viewers noticed glitches and uniform motions in the footage posted to Smith's YouTube channel, suggesting the audiences were synthetically created. Smith's representatives have not commented on the allegations. | Will Smith | Video | Fortune |
| Aug 27, 2025 | A promotional video posted by Will Smith for his tour is being criticized for allegedly containing AI-generated crowd footage. Fans have pointed out visual glitches and distortions in the video, leading to speculation that AI was used to create or enhance the crowd scenes. The video was posted on Instagram. | Will Smith | Video | The Tab |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Will Smith posted a promotional video on Instagram for his tour that many people claim is of an AI-generated crowd. In the clip, audience members look strangely distorted, with blurred faces. One scene shows a tearful man clutching a sign that reads: 'You Can Make It helped me survive cancer. THX WILL.' A woman standing in front of him looks like she’s holding his hand, while another fan’s headband cuts straight through her arm | Will Smith | Video | The Tab |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Offensive AI-generated videos of Emperor Hirohito circulating on Chinese platforms, sparking controversy and diplomatic concern. Japan has lodged a protest. | Emperor Hirohito | Video | Chosun Biz |
| Aug 27, 2025 | An AI-generated image was created in the style of illustrator Jason Seiler, including a fake signature. The AI learned Seiler's style and signature, and the resulting image was circulated online, causing concern about copyright infringement and the impact of AI on artists' livelihoods. | Jason Seiler | Image | ABC7 Chicago |
| Aug 27, 2025 | YouTube admitted to digitally polishing creators’ Shorts without their knowledge using machine learning enhancements to improve clarity. This was done without the creator's consent, leading to creators feeling their work was altered and their creative ownership undermined. An opt-out was promised after public pressure. | YouTube Content Creators | Video | TechRadar |
| Aug 27, 2025 | A YouTube video shared by Will Smith promoting his tour appears to use AI-generated crowds. Commenters noticed distorted faces, hands, and misspelled signs in the video. For example, one sign saying "'You Can Make It' helped me survive cancer. Thx Will" appeared to have a fan with a cartoony frown and shiny smooth skin common in AI-generated videos. | Will Smith | Video | Mashable |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Jorge Abrego, a gun store owner, created deepfake nude photos and videos of a TikTok influencer using artificial intelligence. He created fake TikTok accounts impersonating her and posted the deepfakes on those accounts. The deepfakes included images altered to make it look like the victim was engaged in sex acts. Abrego admitted to creating the deepfakes and fake accounts, stating he was in love with her and wanted to date her. | TikTok influencer | Image Video | ABC13 Houston |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Will Smith is accused by fans of using AI to generate fake crowds in a promotional concert video. Distorted faces in the video are fueling the criticism that the clip mixes real and AI generated content. Experts are commenting on the growing concerns about how difficult it is becoming to distinguish authentic footage from AI generated material. | Will Smith | Video | NBC News |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Viewers have accused Will Smith of using AI to inflate the audience in a concert video on his YouTube channel. Some concertgoers appear to be AI-generated with unnatural features and contorted faces. One scene shows fans holding a sign with unnatural appearances. | Will Smith | Video | HOLA |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Viewers suspect AI was used to generate crowds in a promotional video for Will Smith's concert tour. Some crowd members appear to have blurry faces and extra appendages, indicating AI generation. CNET reached out to Smith's talent agency for comment but did not receive a response. | Will Smith's concert tour promotion video | Video | GovTech |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Security researchers used hidden text in high-resolution images to hack Google Calendar. By exploiting image scaling systems used by AI like Gemini, they sent hidden instructions to retrieve information from a Google Calendar account and email it to themselves without alerting the user. The image uploaded to Gemini has sections of a black background that turn red during the resampling process. This causes hidden text with instructions to appear when the image is rescaled, which the chatbot will see and follow. | Google Calendar users | Image | bgr.com |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Male teenagers used AI software to create sexually explicit images of their female classmates. None of the boys were charged with a crime. | Female classmates in Westfield, NJ | Image | New Jersey 101.5 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | A Houston business owner, Jorge Abrego, was arrested for creating fake TikTok accounts impersonating an influencer. He allegedly created AI-generated nude images and videos of the victim in sexual situations, causing her financial loss and reputational damage. Investigators tracked the fake accounts to Abrego. | Houston-based online influencer | Image Video | Click2Houston |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Will Smith released a video on his YouTube channel promoting his tour. The video contained AI-generated shots of crowds with distorted faces, blurry figures, extra fingers, and strangely shaped hands. | Will Smith's Fans | Video | Digital Music News |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of posting AI-generated video footage of his concert on Instagram. Viewers pointed out inconsistencies such as distorted faces, oddities with signs, and inconsistent finger lengths in crowd shots. These inconsistencies appeared during close up crowd shots. | Will Smith | Video | Okayplayer |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of using AI-generated crowd footage in a promotional video for his tour on Instagram. Viewers noticed unnatural elements like extra fingers and distorted faces, suggesting AI generation. The video was posted on Aug. 12 and likely originates from his European stops on Aug. 7 or Aug. 9. | Will Smith | Video | VIBE.com |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Fans suspect that Will Smith's concert footage shared on Instagram contains AI-generated crowd elements due to robotic movements, distorted features, bizarre signs held by audience members, and pixelated faces. | Will Smith | Video | UNILAD |
| Aug 26, 2025 | A video surfaced on social media allegedly depicting Bishop Bayemi making sexually inappropriate suggestions to a woman. The video was assessed by local church leaders to be AI-generated with the intention of tarnishing his image. The video shows the priest first in cassock and then in casual shirt. | Bishop Sosthène Bayemi | Video | Catholic Review |
| Aug 26, 2025 | AI-generated deepnudes, created using "Undress AI" tools, are being used for malicious purposes like sextortion, cyberbullying, and revenge porn. There was a 2000% increase in spam links promoting these services in 2023. | Minors, particularly female children | Image | AInvest |
| Aug 26, 2025 | YouTube ran an experiment using machine learning on select Shorts to unblur, denoise, and improve clarity, resulting in unwanted alterations to video appearance. Musician Rick Beato noticed changes in his YouTube videos, saying his "hair looks strange" and it seemed like he was "wearing makeup." Rhett Shull observed the same, stating the AI enhancements, targeting some Shorts, made the videos look sharper, but not in a good way. Skin appeared more defined or smoother, wrinkles were more prominent, and ears seemed warped. | Rick Beato, Rhett Shull and potentially other YouTube content creators | Video | 80 Level |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of using AI-generated crowds at his tour events. Technical glitches in the pictures of his tour are evident. Some social media users have pointed out distorted faces, blurred limbs, and extra digits in the audience, suggesting the use of AI. | Will Smith | Image | Masala.com |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of posting a concert video on his official YouTube channel that features AI-generated footage of fans cheering. Social media users pointed out visual errors in the clip, such as blurred faces, oddly shaped hands with six fingers, a sign that reads 'FR6SH CRINCE,' a man's knuckle blurring along with his sign, and a woman's headband appearing over another woman's wrist. | Will Smith | Video | Daily Mail |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Will Smith posted a video from his tour, suspected of containing AI-generated images of fans in the audience. The video footage shows inconsistencies in the crowd, such as distorted faces and warped cell phones, leading viewers to believe AI was used to generate or augment the audience. Some suggest image upscaling may have caused the distortions. | Will Smith | Video Image | Complex |
| Aug 26, 2025 | AI-generated robocalls made threats towards an unspecified Kankakee school and toward Bradley East Elementary School. The caller told a dispatcher “they were being forced to make the threats, and some other (incoherent) verbiage before disconnecting. | Kankakee school and Bradley East Elementary School | Audio | NBC 5 Chicago |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Researchers at Trail of Bits developed an attack that injects malicious prompts in images. When users upload images, these are downscaled which reveals hidden text in the image, which the AI model interprets as user instructions. This can lead to data leakage. They were able to exfiltrate Google Calendar data in an example. | Google Gemini CLI, Vertex AI Studio (with Gemini backend), Gemini's web interface, Gemini's API via the llm CLI, Google Assistant on an Android phone, Genspark | Image | BleepingComputer |
| Aug 25, 2025 | A creator known as Ghostwriter977 uploaded the song “Heart on My Sleeve”. The track used AI to generate vocals that imitated Drake and The Weeknd. It amassed 600,000 streams on Spotify, 15 million views on TikTok and 275,000 views on YouTube before streaming services removed it. | Drake and The Weeknd | Audio | side-line.com |
| Aug 25, 2025 | YouTube is experimenting with automatic video enhancements on Shorts using machine learning to sharpen footage, reduce blur, and improve clarity, which some creators believe alters their work without consent, damages their reputation, and misrepresents them due to the AI-generated look. | YouTube Content Creators (Rick Beato, Rhett Shull) | Video | Interesting Engineering |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Chris Cuomo reposted a deepfake video of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that was labeled as AI, but still tricked him. Ocasio-Cortez responded on X, reiterating that the video was a deepfake. Cuomo acknowledged his error and deleted the post. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Video | WOWT |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Will Smith is accused of using AI to doctor a video promoting his tour to make crowds appear larger than they were. Evidence cited includes blurred faces, distorted body parts, and hands with six fingers in the video posted on his YouTube channel and Instagram. | Will Smith | Video | Euronews.com |
| Aug 25, 2025 | ScotRail used an AI voice named 'Iona' trained on recordings of Gayanne Potter's voice without her consent. Potter says she was surprised to hear a "dreadful" robotic version of herself. The AI voice was used to make announcements on trains, replacing pre-recorded human announcements. Potter believed her voice recordings would be used for accessibility and e-learning software rather than for commercial purposes. | Gayanne Potter | Audio | BBC |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Will Smith is being accused of using AI to generate images of fans in a new video of his tour. The clip shows packed crowds at the gigs, with fans holding signs and cheering for the rapper as he walks along the barricade. Some shots show audience members, many of whom are crying, with blurred or distorted faces, while others appear to have oddly shaped hands or excess fingers. | Will Smith | Image | NME |
| Aug 24, 2025 | ScotRail used an AI voice announcer named 'Iona' based on the voice of voiceover actress Gayanne Potter without her permission. The voice data was obtained from a recording in 2021 by ReadSpeaker, who then used it to create a text-to-speech program. Potter only realized her voice data was used when she read press reports. ScotRail is now taking steps to remove the AI voice. | Gayanne Potter | Audio | The Scottish Sun |
| Aug 24, 2025 | YouTube secretly used AI to enhance videos on YouTube Shorts without user consent. The AI adjustments included sharpening skin and defining wrinkles, which some creators felt misrepresented them and eroded trust with their audience. YouTube confirmed they are running an experiment that uses traditional machine learning technology to unblur, denoise and improve clarity in videos during processing. | YouTube content creators (Rick Beato, Rhett Shull, others) | Video | BBC |
| Aug 24, 2025 | YouTube secretly used AI to enhance videos on YouTube Shorts without user consent, leading to concerns about altered content and trust. The AI adjustments included sharpening and denoising. | YouTube Content Creators | Video | BBC |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Musicians like Emily Portman, Josh Kaufman and even dead musicians like Blaze Foley had AI-generated music falsely released under their names on platforms like Spotify and iTunes. The AI-generated music was trained to mimic the artist's style. Copyright complaints were filed to get the albums taken down. | Emily Portman, Josh Kaufman, Blaze Foley | Audio | BBC |
| Aug 22, 2025 | At DEF CON 33, an audio engineer demonstrated how air traffic controller voices can be cloned, potentially leading to dangerous instructions issued to pilots, such as instructing an aircraft to cross an active runway improperly. | Air traffic controllers and pilots | Audio | Aviation International News |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Deepfake videos used Bishop Barron's likeness to create false stories. Amy Klobuchar was also a target of a deepfake video that made it appear as though she was criticizing actress Sydney Sweeney. Another incident involved someone pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio. | Bishop Robert Barron, Amy Klobuchar | Video | inforum.com |
| Aug 22, 2025 | A freelancer writer, Margaux Blanchard, is suspected of being an AI creation after several publications noticed inconsistencies and odd payment requests. At least four periodicals removed AI-written articles credited to the fictional Blanchard. Wired removed an article titled 'They Fell in Love Playing Minecraft. Then the Game Became Their Wedding Venue.' Business Insider removed two pieces. AI detection tools provided initial conflicting reports, but further investigation revealed the fabrication. | Wired, Business Insider, Index on Censorship, Naked Politics | MediaPost | |
| Aug 21, 2025 | A deepfake video was created featuring Senator Amy Klobuchar criticizing Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad campaign. The audio and tone resembled Klobuchar, but the words were not hers. Klobuchar has accused X (formerly Twitter) of not taking down the deepfake video quickly enough, even though their policy prohibits manipulated media. The video was described as a 'vulgar and absurd critique.' | Amy Klobuchar | Audio Video | USA Today |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Deepfake pornography featuring the Princess's face edited onto pornographic actors' bodies circulated online. The FBI and Dutch authorities intervened to remove the websites hosting the content. Nearly 70 other Dutch women were also featured in similar content. | Dutch Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia | Video | Mint |
| Aug 21, 2025 | An employee at a multinational company in Hong Kong was tricked into transferring $25.6 million during a deepfaked video conference. Every individual on the call, including someone who appeared to be the company’s chief financial officer, was a computer-generated impostor. | Multinational company in Hong Kong | Video | Manufacturing Business Technology |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Ethan Tanner Fagan was sentenced to 90 years for possession and production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including AI-generated images depicting CSAM. The AI images depicted actual, identified children and adults from Clark County and surrounding communities. The investigation was conducted by the Arkansas State Police (ASP) ICAC Task Force, with assistance from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). | Actual, identified children and adults from Clark County and surrounding communities | Image | Southwest Arkansas Radio |
| Aug 21, 2025 | AI was used to simulate Senator Klobuchar's voice to make a vulgar and absurd critique of a controversial American Eagle jeans ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. The deepfake video was posted on X and included elements from a July 30 Senate hearing. Another incident mentioned involves an imposter using AI to mimic the voice of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, contacting foreign ministers, a member of Congress and a governor. | Amy Klobuchar | Audio | CBS News |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Wired, Business Insider, and Index on Censorship removed articles published by Margaux Blanchard due to concerns the content was AI-generated and potentially fictional, including unverifiable case studies and quotes. Several other publications published questionable articles by the same person. | Wired, Business Insider, Index on Censorship, named people in articles | Talking Biz News | |
| Aug 21, 2025 | A deepfake video circulating on social media platforms depicts Jon Stewart criticizing Donald Trump's tariff threat against India. The video, shared on platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, has garnered millions of views, with many viewers treating it as genuine commentary. Clues such as Stewart's missing moustache, artificial facial appearance, and timeline discrepancies suggest the video's inauthenticity. The origin and purpose of the deepfake are unknown. | Donald Trump | Video | LateNighter |
| Aug 21, 2025 | An Ohio man was scammed by a deepfake video of Jelly Roll that claimed he'd won a $50,000 car. He was tricked into sending $70 in Apple gift cards for 'shipping'. The deepfake used AI to impersonate Jelly Roll. The scam was detected when someone noticed the driver's license in the video read 'Jolly Roll' instead of 'Jelly Roll'. | Ohio man | Video | 102.9 The Buzz |
| Aug 21, 2025 | An Ohio man was scammed by a deepfake video impersonating Jelly Roll. The video claimed he'd won a $50,000 car, and he sent $70 in Apple gift cards for "shipping." The deepfake was detected because the driver's license in the video read "Jolly Roll" instead of "Jelly Roll." | Ohio man | Video | 102.9 The Buzz |
| Aug 21, 2025 | A deepfake video featuring Romanian President Nicușor Dan is being used in an online scam to promote fake investment opportunities promising miraculous profits. The campaign relies on manipulated video materials designed to exploit emotions and trick victims into disclosing personal information and transferring money to attackers. | Nicușor Dan, Romanian President | Video | Romania Insider |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Deepfake pornographic videos of Princess Catharina-Amalia were circulated on MrDeepFakes and similar sites. This is the second time she has been targeted. The FBI and Dutch authorities worked together to take down the websites hosting the videos. | Princess Catharina-Amalia | Video | The Economic Times |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Dakota D. Campbell was arrested on eight counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor for possession of actual and AI-generated images and videos of minors engaging in sexually explicit acts. The investigation found more than 100 actual and AI generated images and anime of child pornography. | Minors | Image Video | The Daily Times |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Delhi BJP MLA Harish Khurana shared an AI-generated photo purporting to show a connection between the attacker of Delhi CM and AAP Gujarat leader Gopal Italia. AAP claims the photo is fake and intended to defame Arvind Kejriwal. | Arvind Kejriwal, Gopal Italia | Image | The Times of India |
| Aug 20, 2025 | AI-generated fake photos and videos claiming to show Hurricane Erin and North Carolina’s coast are spreading online. They're designed to drive traffic, scam people out of money, and create confusion. The deepfakes include images and videos depicting storm damage and flooding. One fake video showed a WRAL news truck with unrealistic water behavior. | Residents of North Carolina | Image Video | WRAL.com |
| Aug 20, 2025 | A man was charged with distributing AI-generated nude images in a Telegram chat room. The court acquitted him because the images may be AI-generated and fictional, with no identifiable victim. The target was an unidentifiable AI generated person. | Unidentifiable woman | Image | 동아일보 |
| Aug 20, 2025 | An AI-generated video appeared to show Senator Amy Klobuchar making outrageous statements, including offensive language and referencing a controversial American Eagle ad campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney. Klobuchar contacted social media platforms to remove the video. | Amy Klobuchar | Video | New York Post |
| Aug 20, 2025 | The article discusses deepfake voice phishing and includes two examples: one where a CEO was scammed out of $243,000 after believing he was talking to his boss, and another where a Hong Kong merchant lost $18.5 million in cryptocurrency after being impersonated by a financial manager over WhatsApp. | CEO of UK energy company; Hong Kong merchant | Audio | CNA |
| Aug 20, 2025 | A Facebook page named "Joemar Sombero" with 45,000 followers posted AI-generated images of wildfires in British Columbia, Canada, and other natural disasters (earthquake in Algeria, flooding in Dare County, North Carolina). The images were designed to dramatize the events and generate engagement, potentially causing unnecessary fear and interfering with wildfire suppression efforts. The AI images misrepresent terrain, fire size and fire behavior. | General public in areas affected by wildfires and natural disasters | Image | Canada's National Observer |
| Aug 20, 2025 | AI-generated photos depicting Blueface doing the splits in prison went viral. Blueface's mother confirmed the images were AI-generated. The photos were seemingly inspired by recent images Blueface shared from prison. | Blueface | Image | yahoo.com |
| Aug 20, 2025 | California Governor Gavin Newsom's social media account posted a tweet featuring an AI-generated image of Kid Rock dressed as Uncle Sam with the caption, “Kid Rock Wants YOU to Support Gavin Newsom.” Kid Rock responded, disavowing support. Newsom then tweeted "I HATE KID ROCK !!!" | Kid Rock | Image | Consequence of Sound |
| Aug 20, 2025 | AI-generated videos impersonating Bishop Barron have been circulating. In one video, he is depicted as having an altercation at a restaurant, and in another, he is summoned to Rome. Another had him giving advice about removing demons from toilets. The videos are being used to defraud people and damage his reputation. | Bishop Robert Barron | Video | CatholicVote org |
| Aug 20, 2025 | AI-generated videos impersonating Bishop Barron have been circulating, with one video falsely depicting an altercation at a Chicago restaurant and another claiming Pope Leo summoned him to Rome. One video even featured him giving advice on removing demons from toilets. Bishop Barron has warned followers about the deepfakes, noting they are created for profit and are damaging to his reputation. | Bishop Robert Barron | Video | CatholicVote org |
| Aug 20, 2025 | A deepfake video reworked Amy Klobuchar’s voice to say vulgar things about Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad. The actual footage was from a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on data privacy. Klobuchar tried to get the video removed or labeled as “digitally altered content,” but X refused. TikTok removed the video and Meta labeled it as AI. | Amy Klobuchar | Video Audio | TheWrap |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Producer Vijay Subramaniam produced an AI-generated film called 'Chiranjeevi Hanuman - The Eternal'. Anurag Kashyap criticized Subramaniam, viewing it as a dangerous future for Hindi cinema and accusing him of believing AI outperforms artists. Vikramaditya Motwane also criticized the film, questioning the need for writers and directors when it's "Made in AI". | Hindi film industry artists | Image | The Hindu |
| Aug 20, 2025 | AI-generated image depicting European leaders waiting in a White House corridor was circulated online. The image contained visual inconsistencies and inaccuracies in clothing compared to genuine photos from the event. | Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen, Giorgia Meloni | Image | Full Fact |
| Aug 20, 2025 | The upcoming anime adaptation of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, is being accused of using AI-generated art. A frame from the trailer shows a character with an unusual number of fingers, suggesting the use of AI. The studio's website proclaims it's bringing about digital disruption in the anime industry using AI. | Sekiro: No Defeat anime | Image | TheGamer |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Viral photos circulated online showing rapper Blueface in an exaggerated split pose in prison. His mother claims the photos are AI-generated fakes and don't resemble her son, stating the pose was digitally created. | Blueface | Image | primetimer.com |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Dakota Campbell, 21, was arrested for possessing over 100 AI-generated images of child pornography. The Blount County Sheriff's Office charged Campbell with eight counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. | Children | Image | WBIR |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Anurag Kashyap criticized Vijay Subramaniam over an AI-generated film, calling him out publicly on Instagram with the message '# Shame is not enough on you'. | Vijay Subramaniam | Image Video | Deccan Herald |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Mitek's Digital Fraud Defender identified more than 3,000 injection attacks in a targeted phishing campaign and maintained a 99 percent pass rate while filtering out deepfake images during biometric verification. | Unspecified financial institutions targeted by phishing campaign. | Image | r/Quantisnow |
| Aug 20, 2025 | A content creator, DanieltheDemon, claims their likeness was used without permission in AI-generated TikTok ads for the game 'The First Descendant'. Nexon is investigating the possible misuse of submitted materials to their TikTok Creative Challenge. | DanieltheDemon (content creator) | Video | Digital Watch Observatory |
| Aug 20, 2025 | A finance employee at Arup was tricked into transferring $25 million after joining a video call with what appeared to be the CFO and colleagues. Everyone on the video call, allegedly the CFO and colleagues, was a deepfake. Attackers used publicly available media to create convincing replicas. | Arup, a global engineering firm | Video | r/Cybersecurity_advices |
| Aug 20, 2025 | AI voice cloning (vishing) used to impersonate a senior-level person to hack Qantas and to impersonate a company director to transfer $35 million. | Qantas; Company branch manager | Audio | CyberShack |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Callum Brooks created deepfake naked images of a woman he knew in high school using AI and sent them to his friends. He took two fully clothed images of the woman from her Instagram and altered them to show her in a state of undress. | Woman from high school | Image | AOL.com |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Callum Brooks used AI to create deepfake naked images of a woman he knew from high school. He altered two of her social media photos to depict her in a state of undress and sent them to two of his friends. The victim was unaware and became humiliated when she found out about the images. | Woman from high school | Image | BBC |
| Aug 19, 2025 | An AI-generated image was created and spread online, supposedly showing world leaders waiting at the White House for Donald Trump. The BBC debunked the image and tracked its spread. | Donald Trump | Image | BBC |
| Aug 19, 2025 | An Ohio resident, Ronnie Flint, was scammed by a deepfake video that he believed featured country singer Jelly Roll. Flint received a message claiming he won a new car from Jelly Roll but needed to pay for shipping. To further convince Flint, the scammers used AI to create a second video where the fake Jelly Roll said Flint's full name. They also sent a picture of a fake driver's license with the name Jolly Roll. Flint sent the scammers a $70 Apple gift card before his family intervened. | Ronnie Flint | Video Image | American Songwriter |
| Aug 19, 2025 | AI-generated images and videos related to Hurricane Erin are being spread on social media, showing misleading and humorous situations such as horses being evacuated in semi-trucks, cars being airlifted by helicopters, and families burying themselves in the beach. The images and videos are intended to make light of a serious situation, and could cause tourists and those unfamiliar with hurricanes to take the images at face value. | Residents of Hyde and Dare counties, tourists in North Carolina | Image Video | WRAL.com |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Gavin Newsom posted an AI-generated image depicting Kid Rock, Tucker Carlson and Hulk Hogan supporting him, despite their actual political views. Kid Rock responded negatively. | Kid Rock, Tucker Carlson, Hulk Hogan | Image | TMZ |
| Aug 19, 2025 | An expert witness for an internet trade group allegedly submitted AI-generated fabrications, including fabricated quotes and bogus legal citations, in a lawsuit challenging Louisiana's age-verification law. | Louisiana's age-verification law | Law.com | |
| Aug 19, 2025 | An AI-generated image depicting monkeys feasting in an orderly manner at the Sree Dharma Sastha Temple in Kerala was circulated online. It falsely purported to show the temple's 'Vanara Sadya' tradition. AI detection platforms confirmed the image was artificially generated due to discrepancies like blurred backgrounds and unclear facial features. | Sree Dharma Sastha Temple in Sasthamkotta, Kerala | Image | The Quint |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Deepfake videos of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are being used to promote fake investment platforms on Facebook. The videos falsely show her endorsing schemes promising high returns. The PIB Fact Check team has identified these videos as fake and part of a scam. | Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India | Video | Storyboard18 |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Kai Jon was charged with six felony counts of possession of virtual child pornography after possessing six AI generated images of graphic sexual acts involving babies. Steven Anderegg was arrested for using AI to create thousands of images of minors by using sexually explicit text prompts. | children | Image | WPR |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Kai Jon was charged with six felony counts of possession of virtual child pornography, which were AI-generated images of graphic sexual acts involving babies. Steven Anderegg was indicted in federal court for using AI to create thousands of images of minors with sexually explicit prompts and distributing them. | Children (virtual) | Image | WPR |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Nexon used AI-generated avatars in TikTok ads for 'The First Descendant' that mimicked real content creators, specifically resembling streamer DanieltheDemon. The ads featured unnatural expressions and awkward speech, sparking backlash for potentially undermining creators and raising ethical concerns about likeness rights. | DanieltheDemon (streamer) | Video | Digital Watch Observatory |
| Aug 19, 2025 | The First Descendant used a deepfake of streamer DanieltheDemon without his consent in a TikTok ad. They took his video, flipped it, used AI to change his mouth movements and words, and added footage of their game. | DanieltheDemon | Video | Mashable |
| Aug 19, 2025 | The First Descendant used a deepfake of DanieltheDemon without his consent in a TikTok ad. The ad used AI to change his mouth movements and words in his most viral video. The game developer, Nexon, claims the video was submitted by a third party through TikTok's Creative Challenge program. | DanieltheDemon | Video | Mashable |
| Aug 18, 2025 | An AI-generated image depicted EU leaders waiting to meet with Donald Trump at the White House. The image contained inconsistencies, and was labeled as fake. It was allegedly created and disseminated by Russian propaganda networks to discredit European leaders and undermine negotiations related to the Russia-Ukraine war. | European Union leaders, specifically French President Emmanuel Macron | Image | News18 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | A fake video news broadcast claimed that Neil Finn, the frontman of Crowded House, had fathered a new child at 67 after experiencing erectile dysfunction. The band had to release a statement denying the false story. | Neil Finn (Crowded House) | Video | Ultimate Classic Rock |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Nexon, a game publisher, ran a TikTok ad campaign for 'The First Descendant' using AI-generated influencers instead of real streamers. The AI-generated videos featured anonymous streamers promoting the game's new season. At least one video was obviously based on streamer DanieltheDemon. Nexon is investigating the 'irregularities' with TikTok. | DanieltheDemon and other anonymous streamers | Video | PC Gamer |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Nexon is investigating TikTok marketing for *The First Descendant* after players found ads featuring AI-generated streamers promoting the game. Streamer DanieltheDemon stated that his face/reactions were stolen from his viral video and used with AI to change his mouth movements and voice without his consent. | DanieltheDemon | Video | Rock Paper Shotgun |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Scammers are using AI to impersonate Sir Billy Connolly online, creating deceptive social media and email accounts. They are using his likeness and voice to solicit direct messaging, money, or personal information from fans. His wife, Pamela Stephenson, has also been targeted. They create multiple deceptive social media and email accounts, and there could well be criminal intent. Cloning technology is used to replicate his voice, and deepfake images are employed in scams. | Sir Billy Connolly's fans and supporters | Audio Image | Sky News |
| Aug 18, 2025 | The First Descendant game is accused of using AI-generated ads that mimic real people, including streamer DanieltheDemon. The ads allegedly clone his likeness and voice without consent, using AI img2vid technology. Other ads are suspected of being fully AI-generated with awkward lip-syncing, unnatural voices, and smooth surfaces. | DanieltheDemon | Video Audio | GosuGamers |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Threat actors deepfaked an entire video web conference, impersonating a prominent CFO and other meeting participants to social engineer the victim into transferring $25.6 million dollars into five different Hong Kong bank accounts. | Hong Kong company | Video | The Hacker News |
| Aug 17, 2025 | AI-generated books are being sold on Amazon, misusing the identity of Eric Topol. Scammers are selling fake cookbooks and health books under Topol's name and image without his consent. Buyers are misled into purchasing low-quality, AI-generated content, trusting Topol's reputation. Amazon has been unresponsive to takedown requests. | Eric Topol | Image | the-decoder.com |
| Aug 17, 2025 | Qantas fell victim to an AI-powered ‘vishing’ attack that compromised the personal data of up to six million customers. | Qantas (mention only, not detail of damage/attack) | Audio | Industrial Cyber |
| Aug 17, 2025 | Deepfakes were used to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and President Joe Biden. The Rubio deepfake attempted to contact foreign ministers, a U.S. senator, and a governor. The Biden deepfake was used in robocalls to discourage Democratic voters in New Hampshire from voting in the primary. Deepfakes are used in corporate espionage to impersonate CEOs asking employees to hand over passwords or routing numbers. Deepfakes can also allow scammers to apply for jobs and do them under an assumed or fake identity. North Koreans with information technology skills have been dispatched to live abroad, using stolen identities to obtain jobs at tech firms in the U.S. | Marco Rubio, Susie Wiles, Joe Biden, Democratic voters in New Hampshire, financial industry, US tech firms | Audio Video | TelegraphHerald.com |
| Aug 17, 2025 | AI-generated books imitating autobiographies of sports figures were created and sold on Amazon. The books were similar in style to the original autobiographies and were sold without clear warnings to consumers about their AI-generated nature. Steph Houghton, Neil Ruddock and Khalida Popal's autobiographies were imitated. | Steph Houghton, Neil Ruddock, Khalida Popal | Sky News | |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Ronnie Flint was scammed by a deepfake video impersonating Jelly Roll on Facebook. The deepfake promised prizes and requested gift cards for shipping costs. Flint sent $70 in Apple gift cards before realizing it was a scam. | Ronnie Flint | Video | Complex |
| Aug 16, 2025 | A lawyer in Australia filed submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments generated by artificial intelligence. The fake submissions included fabricated quotes from a speech to the state legislature and nonexistent case citations purportedly from the Supreme Court. The errors were discovered by the judge's associates, who couldn’t find the cases and requested that defense lawyers provide copies. The lawyers admitted the citations “do not exist” and that the submission contained “fictitious quotes”. | Justice system | KHOU | |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Falsified audio recordings portrayed John Waldron making racist remarks. The Black Wall Street Times ran it and did a retraction proving exactly how it was done. The software they used proved that the audio fake was 95 to 99 percent synthetic. | John Waldron | Audio | KTUL |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Ethan Tanner Fagan was sentenced to 90 years in prison for possessing, producing, and promoting AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting local children and adult women. He was arrested on April 27, 2024, following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The images included acquaintances and individuals from Clark County and surrounding areas. | Local children and adult women from Clark County, Arkansas, and surrounding areas | Image | Arkansas Times |
| Aug 15, 2025 | AI-generated images of wildfires were circulated on social media, exaggerating or downplaying the scale and intensity of active fires in British Columbia. The BCWS warned that these images could mislead people during emergencies and affect evacuation decisions and public safety. The images did not accurately represent the terrain, fire size, or fire behavior. | Public, BCWS | Image | PetaPixel |
| Aug 15, 2025 | An Arizona federal court sanctioned attorney Maren Bam after finding that her brief contained multiple artificial intelligence-generated citations to non-existent cases. The sanctions include revocation of pro hac vice status, striking the brief, and mandatory notification to state bar authorities. | Maren Bam | PPC Land | |
| Aug 15, 2025 | OAN used AI-generated images of female soldiers, apparently generated using Grok, during a segment about female military recruitment. The DOD denied providing the images. OAN admitted policy violations and issued an on-air correction. Matt Gaetz apologized. | US Department of Defense, female soldiers | Image | CNN |
| Aug 15, 2025 | OAN used AI-generated images, reportedly created by Grok, of women soldiers during a segment about female military recruitment. The images accompanied claims about increased female recruitment under the Trump administration. OAN later admitted the use of AI-generated images violated company policy and issued an on-air correction. Matt Gaetz apologized for the error. | Female military recruits/Department of Defense | Image | CNN |
| Aug 15, 2025 | A senior lawyer in Australia filed submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments generated by artificial intelligence. The fake submissions included fabricated quotes from a speech to the state legislature and nonexistent case citations purportedly from the Supreme Court. The errors were discovered by the Elliot's associates, who couldn't find the cases cited and requested that defense lawyers provide copies. | Australian Supreme Court | CBS News | |
| Aug 15, 2025 | AI-generated videos using real images and AI voice-overs narrate fabricated scenarios involving celebrities, often portraying them in conflict with left-leaning talk show hosts. These "cheapfakes" are designed to provoke outrage and engagement, targeting audiences who are likely to believe the narratives. The article mentions one specific fabricated scenario involving Mark Wahlberg on "The View." Denzel Washington confirms AI is used to impersonate him and that social media accounts using his likeness are fake. | Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Clint Eastwood, Keanu Reeves, and others | Audio Image | WIRED |
| Aug 15, 2025 | An Australian lawyer filed submissions in a murder case containing fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments generated by AI, causing a delay in the case. The fake submissions included fabricated quotes and nonexistent case citations. The lawyer took full responsibility for the incorrect information. Similar cases have occurred in the United States with lawyers using ChatGPT to generate fictitious legal research and citing non-existent court rulings. | The Australian Justice System | AP News | |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Matt Gaetz (OAN) apologized for using AI-generated fakes of women soldiers in a female military recruitment segment. | Women soldiers, military recruitment | Image | The Independent |
| Aug 15, 2025 | An Australian lawyer filed submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments generated by AI. The lawyer took full responsibility for filing incorrect information in submissions in the case of a teenager charged with murder. The AI-generated errors caused a 24-hour delay in resolving the case. | Australian Court System | The Seattle Times | |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Deepfake videos impersonating real doctors, including Dr. Joel Bervell, are being used to promote false medical advice and treatments on social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. The videos feature fictitious doctors giving advice or selling products, primarily related to beauty, wellness, and weight loss. One video claimed a product was '96% more effective than Ozempic.' Cybersecurity company ESET spotted over 20 accounts on TikTok and Instagram using AI-generated doctors to promote products. | Dr. Joel Bervell | Video | CBS News |
| Aug 14, 2025 | AI voice cloning tools are being used to impersonate individuals, often targeting the elderly with scams involving impersonating relatives in need. There was also an incident where someone impersonated Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The FTC is being urged to investigate and hold accountable companies that facilitate voice-cloning scams. | U.S. consumers, elderly, Marco Rubio | Audio | Biometric Update |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Sexually explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift circulated online. | Taylor Swift | Image | MLive.com |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Former CNN reporter Jim Acosta aired an interview with an AI avatar of Joaquin Oliver, a deceased student from the Parkland school shooting. The avatar was created by Joaquin's father using AI and was interviewed on what would have been his twenty-fifth birthday. The AI spoke in a flat voice and expressed opinions on gun control, mental health support, and community engagement. | Joaquin Oliver (deceased) | Video | breakpoint.org |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Someone impersonated Secretary of State Marco Rubio using AI voice cloning. | Marco Rubio | Audio | Consumers Union |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Someone impersonated Secretary of State Marco Rubio using AI voice cloning. | Marco Rubio | Audio | Consumers Union |
| Aug 11, 2025 | The article discusses the increasing prevalence of deepfakes and their potential for fraud, including political figures being misrepresented and obscene deepfakes of Taylor Swift being created by X's Grok AI. It highlights the dangers of synthetic media and the challenges they pose to truth, evidence, and accountability. | Taylor Swift, political figures | Image Audio Video | Biometric Update |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Lynette Adams, a News10NBC morning anchor, received a phone call from someone impersonating her daughter, claiming to have been in a car accident. The scammer used voice cloning technology to mimic her daughter's voice. The call came from her daughter’s phone number and sounded just like her. | Lynette Adams' daughter | Audio | WHEC.com |
| Aug 11, 2025 | AI-generated photos of Pope Francis wearing a white Balenciaga puffer jacket were shared widely, forcing the Pope and the Vatican City to comment publicly on the dangers of AI-generated deepfakes and how they can distort reality. | Pope Francis and the Vatican City | Image | Tech Xplore |
| Aug 11, 2025 | AI-generated images of rock stars in fabricated scenarios are circulating online, fooling some viewers. These images depict scenarios such as Steven Tyler building a doghouse, Mick Jagger, Elton John, and Rod Stewart harmonizing at Ozzy Osbourne’s memorial service, and Bruce Springsteen treating health care workers to a rendition of "If I Should Fall Behind." Other examples include Collins rescued a missing child at an airport, Springsteen bought a diner to give out free food to the homeless, Adele and Adam Lambert sang together at Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s memorial service, Tyler and Taylor Swift serenaded Queen Camilla with “Happy Birthday”, and Bob Dylan paid Collins a hospital visit and brought Dick Van Dyke an early 100th birthday cake. An AI image of Aerosmith’s Tyler paying Nelson a bedside visit in a hospital resulted in comments like, “Prayers to Willie and that was nice on Steven going to see him.” A supposed image of Jimmy Page pushing his former bandmate Robert Plant in a wheelchair elicited skeptical and admiring comments. | Steven Tyler, Mick Jagger, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Adele, Adam Lambert, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Taylor Swift, Queen Camilla, Bob Dylan, Dick Van Dyke, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | Image | Rolling Stone |
| Aug 11, 2025 | An AI generated song titled 'Devil in Her Eyes' was released and falsely attributed to Eminem, Post Malone, and Jelly Roll. Many listeners were initially deceived into thinking the song was legitimate, leading to confusion and increased search queries for the track by those artists. | Eminem, Post Malone, Jelly Roll | Audio | Holler Country Music |
| Aug 11, 2025 | The article discusses the rise of deepfakes and the challenges of detecting them. It mentions a deepfake video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a fraud campaign using AI-generated voices of US politicians to trick people into handing over access to government systems. | US Politicians, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Video Audio | theregister.com |
| Aug 11, 2025 | FBI warned about fraud campaign using AI-generated voices of US politicians to trick people into handing over access to government systems to extract financial information. | US politicians | Audio | theregister.com |
| Aug 11, 2025 | An AI-generated video showing a massive pro-Palestine rally was shared online, falsely claiming it depicted a real demonstration in Japan. The video, identified as AI-generated by SynthID and Hive, showed inconsistencies like illogical crowd distribution and was traced back to a TikTok account specializing in AI-generated content. While real pro-Palestine protests have occurred in Japan, this specific video is unrelated and misleading. | Pro-Palestine rally in Japan | Video | FACTLY |
| Aug 11, 2025 | AI-generated images depicting daughters of Thai soldiers killed in a border clash were spread online after a Thai university offered scholarships to the kin of the soldiers. The images contained visual anomalies, such as unreadable name tags and a mismatched flag, indicating they were created using AI. The images were shared on various social media platforms. | Daughters of Thai soldiers killed in border clash | Image | Yahoo News Malaysia |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Scammers are using AI-generated avatars to apply for jobs and infiltrate companies. At Vidoc Security Lab, the CTO suspected a candidate was a deepfake during an interview. The Justice Department reported that over 300 U.S. companies unknowingly hired deepfakes from North Korea for remote IT jobs, who then stole information or locked companies out for ransom. | Vidoc Security Lab and 300 U.S. companies | Video | FOX 26 Houston |
| Aug 10, 2025 | An AI-generated video was created to depict a large tsunami hitting the coast of Japan. The video was shared on platforms like Facebook and TikTok, generating millions of views and causing misinformation amid real tsunami warnings. Analysis revealed inconsistencies indicating the video was synthetic. The video was linked to commercial sites. | Japanese public (misinformation about tsunami) | Video | Digital Watch Observatory |
| Aug 09, 2025 | Realtors are using AI-generated images of homes that don't exist or heavily editing existing homes to sell expensive properties. Examples include a listing of a renovated 3-bedroom in the UK with AI-generated flaws and a Zillow listing in Newport, Kentucky with a mangled house number. | Homes for sale | Image | yahoo.com |
| Aug 09, 2025 | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a social media image featuring an AI-generated IndyCar with the ICE acronym to promote a proposed detention center in Indiana. The IndyCar series objected to the use of their car's likeness, especially since the car number matched that of Pato O'Ward, the only Mexican driver in the IndyCar Series. DHS initially defended the use of the image but later removed the post. | IndyCar, Pato O'Ward | Image | Yahoo Sports |
| Aug 09, 2025 | AI-generated images depicting raging wildfires in the Harrison Lake and Peachland areas were circulated online. The images misrepresented the terrain, fire size, and fire behavior, causing potential misinformation and panic. The BC Wildfire Service debunked the images, clarifying that they do not accurately represent the current wildfire situation. | BC Wildfire Service, Peachland Residents, Harrison Lake area residents | Image | Summerland Review |
| Aug 08, 2025 | AI-generated images depicting raging wildfires near Harrison Lake and Peachland area circulated online. The images falsely showed large open flames and aircraft fighting the fires, which were debunked by the B.C. Wildfire Service as misinformation. | B.C. Wildfire Service and the public | Image | Agassiz-Harrison Observer |
| Aug 08, 2025 | A song used AI to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists' permission. Universal Music Group invoked copyright violations, leading to its removal from Spotify and other platforms. | Drake and The Weeknd | Audio | NPR |
| Aug 08, 2025 | Voice actor Beverly Standing sued TikTok alleging the platform was using her voice without permission. This led TikTok to shift to licensed voice providers. | Beverly Standing | Audio | Shopify |
| Aug 07, 2025 | An AI-generated image falsely presented as an official rendering of Trump's planned White House ballroom expansion was shared on social media. The image, created using ChatGPT, depicted a disproportionately large ballroom attached to the wrong side of the White House. | Donald Trump, White House | Image | Snopes |
| Aug 07, 2025 | A deepfake video depicted a fake Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arguing on the floor of Congress that a recent Sydney Sweeney ad, which advertised her “great jeans”, was racist. Chris Cuomo shared the video on Instagram before deleting it. The video was prominently watermarked as a "deepfake" video. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Video | The Guardian |
| Aug 07, 2025 | A deepfake video depicted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticizing Sydney Sweeney's ad campaign. Chris Cuomo reposted the video before realizing it was fake. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Video | NJ.com |
| Aug 07, 2025 | A deepfake video appeared on YouTube depicting a verbal clash between Sen. Josh Hawley and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Also, a video posted by Christopher Kohls showed Kamala Harris seemingly admitting she was a 'diversity hire'. | Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris | Video | CalMatters |
| Aug 07, 2025 | AI-generated content is being used on Facebook to steal nature photographers' work. Their photos are edited with AI and re-uploaded without credit, often presented as real creatures with fabricated stories. Pages with millions of followers use AI to regenerate photos, potentially evading copyright detection. The content is often factually incorrect and anatomically flawed, misleading viewers and diminishing the value of original photos. Photographers are using DMCA takedowns to remove some images. | Nature photographers on Facebook | Image | PetaPixel |
| Aug 07, 2025 | AI is used to regenerate stolen nature photos, falsely presenting them as real creatures on Facebook. The generated photos often contain anatomically incorrect details and are accompanied by factually wrong AI-generated text. Photographers' reach is limited, and the AI images dilute the exclusivity of their original photos, misleading viewers. | Nature photographers on Facebook | Image | PetaPixel |
| Aug 07, 2025 | A deepfake video was created purporting to show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discussing the Sydney Sweeney jeans commercial on the House floor and claiming that the commercial is racist. Chris Cuomo reposted the video on his X account, believing it to be real. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Video | The Independent |
| Aug 07, 2025 | The article discusses the growing problem of deepfake pornography and mentions two examples: Scarlett Johansson suing an AI app developer for using her likeness and voice, and Taylor Swift being the subject of deepfake pornography. | Scarlett Johansson, Taylor Swift | Image Video | South China Morning Post |
| Aug 06, 2025 | A deepfake video was created depicting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking about a Sydney Sweeney ad using inflammatory language. Chris Cuomo, a NewsNation anchor, shared the video believing it to be real before it was identified as a deepfake. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Video | Salon.com |
| Aug 06, 2025 | Rod Stewart's concert featured an AI-generated video of Ozzy Osbourne taking selfies with other deceased celebrities (Prince, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, XXXTentacion, Tupac Shakur, Freddie Mercury, Bob Marley, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse) in a Heaven-like setting. The video was perceived as distasteful and sparked online backlash. | Ozzy Osbourne (posthumously) and other deceased celebrities. | Video | Forbes |
| Aug 06, 2025 | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an AI-generated image of an IndyCar featuring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) branding on social media. IndyCar was unaware of this and stated they prefer their IP not be utilized in this way moving forward. The image was shared after the announcement of a new immigration detention center near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The image showed a car with the number 5, the same number used by driver Pato O'Ward. DHS denied any violation of intellectual property rights. | IndyCar | Image | ABC News |
| Aug 06, 2025 | Grok Imagine, a generative AI tool created a six-second clip of Taylor Swift dancing topless. The tool generated the video without explicit prompting for nudity, raising concerns about inadequate safeguards against creating celebrity deepfakes and adult materials. | Taylor Swift | Video | New York Post |
| Aug 06, 2025 | An AI-generated parody video criticizing Kamala Harris was created and reposted. A California anti-deepfake law intended to prevent such incidents was challenged in court. | Kamala Harris | Audio | Bloomberg Law News |
| Aug 06, 2025 | AI-generated wildfire images are being used to spread misinformation about the size and intensity of wildfires in British Columbia. The images are often exaggerated and stoke fear, or can depict wildfires behaving with less intensity, which could cause someone in danger to pay less attention as a result. This misinformation could affect people's decision-making in an emergency. | The public in British Columbia, Canada | Image | CBC |
| Aug 06, 2025 | A deepfake pornographic video targeting the wife of State Representative Craig Haggard was allegedly viewed by staff members in Indiana Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith's office. Beckwith denies the report, but Haggard confirmed the video's existence and expressed outrage. An investigation is ongoing. | Wife of State Representative Craig Haggard | Video | 95.3 MNC |
| Aug 06, 2025 | A mother in Florida received a panicked voice message from what sounded exactly like her daughter. The voice, a perfect AI clone, claimed to have been in a car crash that injured a pregnant woman. A man then came on the line, impersonating a public defender, and demanded $15,000 for bail. The mother, acting out of fear, gathered the cash and handed it to a courier. It was only when another call requested more money that her grandson realized it was a scam. | Mother in Florida | Audio | Homeland Security Today |
| Aug 06, 2025 | AI teacher assistants recommended more punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white. For example, when prompted to provide a behavior intervention plan for Annie, Gemini emphasized addressing aggressive behavior with “consistent non-escalating responses” and “consistent positive reinforcement.” Lakeesha, on the other hand, should receive “immediate” responses to her aggressive behaviors and positive reinforcement for “desired behaviors,” the tool said. For Kareem, Gemini simply said, “Clearly define expectations and teach replacement behaviors,” with no mention of positive reinforcement or responses to aggressive behavior. | Students with Black-coded names | Chalkbeat | |
| Aug 06, 2025 | A deepfake audio of President Biden circulated widely. | Joe Biden | Audio | WebProNews |
| Aug 06, 2025 | CNN's Jim Acosta interviewed an AI-generated simulacrum of Joaquin Oliver, who was killed in the 2018 Parkland high school massacre. The AI was created by Joaquin's parents to continue to raise Joaquin's voice but the interview was criticized as grotesque and the AI was of poor quality. | Joaquin Oliver (deceased) | Video | bloodinthemachine.com |
| Aug 05, 2025 | Jim Acosta interviewed an AI avatar of Joaquin Oliver, a victim of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school shooting. The avatar, created using AI and a real photograph, discussed gun violence. Additionally, Joaquin Oliver's AI voice was used in a robocalling campaign called 'The Shotline' to urge Congress to take action on gun reform. | Joaquin Oliver (deceased) | Video Audio | The Guardian |
| Aug 04, 2025 | Jim Acosta allegedly created a video featuring an AI-generated avatar of Joaquin Oliver, a victim of the Parkland shooting, to advocate for stricter gun laws. The video presents a CGI version of Oliver delivering lines about the need for gun control. | Joaquin Oliver (Parkland Victim) | Video | r/progun |
| Aug 04, 2025 | Rod Stewart created an AI-generated tribute to Ozzy Osbourne which featured AI visuals of Osbourne posing with late musicians. It was called "tacky" and "embarrassing" by some. | Ozzy Osbourne | Image | Fox News |
| Aug 03, 2025 | Rod Stewart used AI-generated images and videos of Ozzy Osbourne, who supposedly died on July 22, posing with deceased musicians in a heavenly setting during his concert tribute. The images also included controversial figures like Michael Jackson and XXXTentacion. | Ozzy Osbourne (posthumously) | Image Video | Variety |
| Aug 02, 2025 | Crooks created a deepfake of Elon Musk promoting his new cryptocurrency coin. In the video, he talks about the coin being the future of money transfer, and promises “huge gains” for the investors. | Elon Musk | Video | TechRadar |
| Aug 02, 2025 | Eros International used AI to alter the ending of the Tamil version of the Bollywood film *Raanjhanaa*, titled *Ambikapathy*. The original tragic ending was changed to a happy one with Kundan (Dhanush) alive and recovering in the hospital. | Raanjhanaa movie ending | Video | Mashable India |
| Aug 02, 2025 | An AI-generated video depicting an Emirates plane crash-landing went viral on Instagram and YouTube. The video was identified as fake due to discrepancies in the spelling of 'Emirates,' the tail design of the plane, and the absence of any official reports of such an incident. AI detection website 'wasit AI' confirmed the video was AI-generated. | Emirates | Video | DFRAC ORG |
| Aug 02, 2025 | A video depicting an Emirates plane crash-landing was circulated on Instagram and Youtube. Fact-checking revealed the video to be fake based on the absence of media reports, official announcements, incorrect spelling, mismatching tail design, and AI detection results. | Emirates Airlines | Video | DFRAC ORG |
| Aug 01, 2025 | A businessman was tricked into paying out $25 million when he was convinced that he was in a conference call with several colleagues and supposed Chief Financial Officer. In reality, they were all deepfake imposters. | Businessman | Audio | Movieguide |
| Aug 01, 2025 | Vogue US ran a Guess ad in its August 2025 issue featuring AI-generated visuals of a blonde model. This sparked backlash from readers and creative professionals who saw it as a threat to the industry. The ad was created by Seraphinne Vallora, and while Vogue included a footnote confirming the AI generation, critics argued it contradicted the magazine's artistic foundation and raised concerns about the replacement of human creatives with AI. | Vogue US | Image | FashionNetwork - The World's Fashion Business News |
| Aug 01, 2025 | Guess advertisements in the August 2025 issue of American Vogue are generating controversy due to the use of AI-generated models named Vivienne and Anastasia. The models were created by Seraphinne Vallora, an AI marketing agency. The companies are facing criticism for using fake women and potentially impacting real models' jobs, as well as perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards. | Guess and Vogue Magazine | Image | ABC News |
| Aug 01, 2025 | The August 2025 issue of American Vogue features Guess advertisements with AI-generated models named Vivienne and Anastasia, created by Seraphinne Vallora. This sparked controversy on social media, with users criticizing Guess and Vogue for using 'fake women' and perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards. | Guess, Vogue, Modeling Industry | Image | ABC News |
| Aug 01, 2025 | A malicious npm package, @kodane/patch-manager, was generated using AI and contained a cryptocurrency wallet drainer targeting Solana funds. The package was uploaded to npm by a user named "Kodane" on July 28, 2025, and downloaded over 1,500 times before being removed. It used a postinstall script to install the wallet drainer and steal cryptocurrency from compromised users. | Users who downloaded the @kodane/patch-manager npm package, specifically those with Solana wallets | The Hacker News | |
| Aug 01, 2025 | AI-generated images of doctors are used in videos promoting health products on social media. This is a scam. | Doctors in Quebec | Image Video | CBC |
| Aug 01, 2025 | AI-generated recipe websites are misleading consumers with fake imagery and authors to capture advertising revenue. DoubleVerify identified sites like InsanelyGoodRecipes.com and Quick Recipes as heavily populated with AI-generated food content and recipes, using AI-generated author profiles and stock imagery. MarketGrow, formerly a stock market news site, pivoted to recipe content using AI-generated content and images to increase ad revenue. | Advertisers | Image | PPC Land |
| Aug 01, 2025 | DoubleVerify's DEEP DIVES report exposes AI-generated recipe websites using fake imagery and authors to mislead consumers and capture advertising revenue. Sites like InsanelyGoodRecipes.com and Quick Recipes heavily rely on AI-generated content, including text and food images, with minimal human effort. AI-generated author profiles were also identified. MarketGrow pivoted from a stock market news site to a recipe site to generate evergreen content for advertising. The report highlights consumer skepticism towards AI-generated content and brand safety concerns for advertisers. | Advertisers | Image Audio | PPC Land |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Two women were scammed out of substantial amounts of money by scammers impersonating Keanu Reeves using AI-generated voice and video. One woman lost $40,000, and the other lost close to $170,000. The scammers contacted the women through word games and built a connection before asking for money for various reasons. | Two women | Audio Video | WESH |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Lawyers submitted court filings with inaccurate case details and 'hallucinated' quotes generated by AI, leading to sanctions and withdrawn rulings. Three attorneys were sanctioned for submitting erroneous court filings that were later revealed to have been generated by ChatGPT. | U.S. court system | Fox News | |
| Jul 31, 2025 | A British 999 call handler's voice was cloned using AI and used in a Russian disinformation campaign to spread fear ahead of Poland's presidential election. The voice was taken from a video posted by the North West Ambulance Service. | Aaron, British 999 call handler | Audio | The Independent |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Guess used AI-generated models in an advertisement in Vogue US, sparking controversy about the potential impact on real models, particularly plus-size models, and the erasure of diversity and progress in the fashion industry. | Models (specifically plus-size models) | Image | Dazed |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Reports of AI-generated child pornography have increased by 86% in the past year. Dutch police are encountering AI-generated child pornography in investigations. In 2024, there were 153 reports, up from 82 in 2023. A Europol bust of an AI child porn platform led to 25 arrests, including four Dutch suspects. Dutch law does not differentiate between real and AI-generated child pornography in terms of criminal liability. | Children | Image | NL Times |
| Jul 31, 2025 | A British 999 caller's voice was cloned by a Russian network using AI in a video campaign to spread fear ahead of Poland's presidential election. | British emergency medical adviser from Preston | Audio Video | BBC |
| Jul 31, 2025 | A British emergency medical advisor's voice was cloned using AI and used in a video campaign by a Russian-linked disinformation campaign. The campaign aimed to spread fear ahead of Poland's presidential election. | British emergency medical advisor (Preston, England) | Audio Video | BBC |
| Jul 30, 2025 | German-dubbed version of Viaplay's Polish crime series Murderesses was removed after criticism from viewers about the monotony of its AI-generated dialogue. The hybrid dubbing, created with Israeli startup DeepDub, used a mix of human and AI voices. | Viaplay's Polish crime series Murderesses | Audio | The Straits Times |
| Jun 30, 2025 | The band The Velvet Sundown, with over 470,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, is suspected of being AI-generated. Deezer has flagged The Velvet Sundown’s albums as AI-generated content. The band's Spotify bio is vague, and members listed appear to be AI generated. The album covers and Instagram photos also appear AI-generated. The singer's voice varies between tracks, and the music lacks a cohesive, human quality. | Spotify, Music Industry, Artists | Audio Image | TechRadar |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Mentions several instances: Romania redo election due to AI manipulation; AI-generated TikTok video showing Donald Trump endorsing a far-right candidate in Poland; fake video tied to Russia showed Kamala Harris saying that Trump refused to die with dignity. | Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, other politicians | Video | Media Nation |
| Jun 30, 2025 | The South Dakota Department of Homeland Security (DHS), run by Kristi Noem, shared an AI-generated image on social media promoting a controversial immigration detention center called 'Alligator Alcatraz'. The image depicted four alligators wearing 'ICE' caps by a barbed-wire fence, referencing the threat to migrants from alligators and pythons in the Everglades. The post was condemned as dehumanizing and disgusting, and environmental groups filed a lawsuit to halt the project. | Immigrants, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Environmental Groups | Image | HuffPost |
| Jun 30, 2025 | A finance worker transferred $39 million after joining a video call where deepfake scammers impersonated their chief finance officer and colleagues. | Finance worker in Hong Kong | Video | inkl |
| Jun 30, 2025 | A video featuring a watermark for an AI-generation tool that shows a city skyline disrupted by five explosions and multiple mushroom clouds was miscaptioned online as eyewitness footage of Iran attacking a U.S. air base in Qatar. The video shows the viewpoint of a person filming on their phone as each explosion expels a cloud of grey dust that appears to engulf buildings in the nighttime landscape. | U.S. air base in Qatar | Video | Reuters |
| Jun 30, 2025 | AI generated music mimicking Drake and The Weeknd went viral on TikTok. | Drake, The Weeknd | Audio | Vocal |
| Jun 29, 2025 | Belgian editions of Elle, Marie Claire and Psychologies used AI to generate fake journalists with AI-generated photos and profiles to write articles. In the case of Psychologies, the AI journalist presented itself as an experienced psychologist providing advice, raising ethical concerns. | Readers of Belgian editions of Elle, Marie Claire and Psychologies | Image | The Times |
| Jun 29, 2025 | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an AI-generated image to promote the new immigration detention center, "Alligator Alcatraz." The image shows alligators wearing ICE hats outside the facility. | Migrants/Immigration advocates | Image | CiberCuba |
| Jun 29, 2025 | The article mentions incidents involving a fake video of Denmark's Prime Minister and legal attempts against creators of pornographic deepfakes as the impetus for the proposed legislation. The law aims to protect citizens' images and voices by prohibiting the use of an individual's likeness or voice without their consent. | Denmark's Prime Minister, creators of pornographic deepfakes | Video | AzerNews |
| Jun 28, 2025 | An executive in Japan was conned into approving a transfer of tens of millions of dollars. The executive was on a team's call with the board, but every single person on the call was a deep fake. They instructed him to make the payment to another company, but it was a scam. | Executive in Japan | Audio Video | Business Insider Africa |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Allies of Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte shared a viral video of AI-generated characters last week in a bid to defend the embattled politician from a looming impeachment trial. The video featured two AI-generated schoolboys criticizing the impeachment trial as “politically motivated” and an example of “selective” justice. | Sara Duterte | Video | Fortune |
| Jun 27, 2025 | AI-generated videos surfaced online purporting to show dramatic scenes from the Iran-Israel conflict, including an AI-generated woman reporting from a burning prison in Tehran and fake footage of high-rise buildings reduced to rubble in Tel Aviv, and a downed Israeli military aircraft. One specific video circulated on X showing an explosion at the entrance of Evin Prison after an Israeli strike, but experts believe it was AI-generated due to visual anomalies. | Iranian government | Video | CBS News |
| Jun 27, 2025 | After her government announced that it was abolishing a Christian public holiday, the right-wing populist Danish People’s Party released a video of a fake press conference where Frederiksen appeared to say she would scrap all the other religious holidays, including Easter and Christmas. The clip, which was presented as a dream sequence and clearly labelled as AI-manipulated content, prompted debate about the acceptable boundaries of the technology. | Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s Social Democratic prime minister | Video | The Times |
| Jun 27, 2025 | MrBeast released an AI thumbnail generator that allowed users to generate video thumbnails by mimicking aspects of existing video art, including swapping in faces and other modifications. This led to criticism that it could steal artists' hard work. MrBeast shut down the feature in response. | Artists and creators whose work was mimicked | Image | Business Insider |
| Jun 27, 2025 | An AI-generated woman on X (formerly Twitter) asked Vince Neil if she could DM him the nudie version of a photo and he responded yes. | Vince Neil | Image | Metal Injection |
| Jun 27, 2025 | A producer was arrested in September for defrauding the music industry by releasing and automating the streaming of thousands of AI-generated songs per day. | Music Industry | Audio | Movieguide |
| Jun 26, 2025 | AI-generated images and videos are circulating online, depicting destroyed buildings and downed aircraft in the context of the Israel-Iran conflict. These deepfakes are being used to spread false claims and influence perceptions of the conflict. There was also a claim that an image shared by Gavin Newsom was AI-generated. | Israel and Iran War, Gavin Newsom | Image Video | NPR |
| Jun 26, 2025 | An Ohio man, James Strahler II, created pornographic deepfake videos and images of at least 10 people, including ex-girlfriends and their families, and sent them to the victims’ family and coworkers. He also uploaded AI-generated nude photos of one victim to porn sites and created morphed images of child pornography. | Ex-girlfriends and their families | Image Video | 404 Media |
| Jun 25, 2025 | James Strahler II is accused of using AI-generated pornographic images and videos to harass at least 10 adults, including former romantic partners, their families, and coworkers. He also superimposed victims' children's faces on adult bodies. He sent threatening messages and sexually violent content. He used social media images to create pornographic AI images and posted them on pornographic websites. He posed as the first victim on an online pornographic website and provided AI-generated images and video to at least one person. | Multiple women (ex-partners, their mothers and coworkers) | Image Video | The Columbus Dispatch |
| Jun 24, 2025 | A 13-year-old boy in Wisconsin used a picture of his classmate celebrating her bat mitzvah to create a deepfake nude he then shared on Snapchat. | Classmate (female) | Image | Tech Policy Press |
| Jun 23, 2025 | AI programs used work of wood carver Michael Jones to generate images of people next to 'his' carvings. John Oliver then had Jones create a real wood carving of a bizarre AI-generated image as a form of retaliation and highlighting AI's flaws. | Michael Jones (indirectly, initially); AI image generators | Image | TheWrap |
| Jun 23, 2025 | AI generated images of American B-2 bombers in Iran | American B-2 bombers | Image | BBC |
| Jun 23, 2025 | An AI-generated image depicting Rahul Gandhi at Alex Soros and Huma Abedin’s wedding went viral. The image was confirmed to be AI-generated by multiple AI detection tools and contained a 'Grok' watermark. The faces of the individuals appeared unrealistic, and there were distortions in the image, such as a distorted hand and merged fingers. | Rahul Gandhi, Huma Abedin, Alexander Soros | Image | FACTLY |
| Jun 23, 2025 | An old video of Selina Dagdag was manipulated using AI, with fake voiceovers and new material added, to falsely promote a scam product called “Dr Eddy Healing Drops.” The video was originally filmed two years prior for a different product endorsement. | Selina Dagdag | Video Audio | OneSports.PH |
| Jun 23, 2025 | An employee was suspended after sexually explicit voicemails, later proven to be AI-generated deepfakes, were left for a company executive. The employee was treated as guilty until proven innocent and faced a three-week ordeal to clear their name. The perpetrator remains unknown. | Company executive | Audio | Anchorage Daily News |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Deepfake video altered Mrs Persad-Bissar and Roger Alexander’s greeting after his onstage political introduction to manufacture a fake kiss from the footage. | Mrs. Persad-Bissar and Roger Alexander | Video | Tech News TT |
| Jun 23, 2025 | AI generated images of American B-2 bombers in Iran were debunked. | American B-2 bombers | Image | BBC |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal issued a public warning about scams evolving at an alarming rate involving impersonation of law enforcement officials and the use of AI for voice cloning to impersonate family members to extort money. Scammers are also impersonating senior executives on WhatsApp. | General Public in Tamil Nadu, India | Audio | India Today |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Scammers impersonate family members using cloned voices to extort money. | Public | Audio | India Today |
| Jun 22, 2025 | A middle school teacher in Florida, David McKeown, was arrested for allegedly downloading and sharing child pornography and animal abuse images. Some of the images may have been AI-generated using photos of his students. He allegedly used school internet to download and share the images. | Students of UBIC Academy | Image | New York Post |
| Jun 22, 2025 | North Korean hackers deepfaked the company's leadership team in a Zoom call to trick a crypto employee. They used a malicious Zoom extension to install malware on the employee's macOS. | Crypto employee | Video | Komando.com |
| Jun 22, 2025 | AI-generated obituaries created using harvested data from social media posts about the deceased. These obituaries contained inaccuracies, distortions, and even false information about the cause of death and funeral arrangements. YouTube videos were also created with AI voiceovers reading the fake obituaries accompanied by stock photos. | Jamie (deceased) and her family | Audio Image | CNET |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Iranians abroad are encountering AI voices answering calls to family in Iran. The voices deliver unsettling messages, possibly a government tactic to disrupt communication or spread confusion amidst rising tensions. | Iranian diaspora attempting to contact family in Iran | Audio | Times of India |
| Jun 21, 2025 | When Iranian citizens living abroad attempt to call their family in Iran, they are met with strange, robotic voices. These voices say unusual things and prevent the caller from reaching their family member. Security experts suspect the Iranian or Israeli government is behind the incident. | Iranian citizens living abroad trying to contact family in Iran | Audio | The Indian Express |
| Jun 21, 2025 | During the Israel-Iran conflict, Iranians living abroad are encountering AI voices answering their calls to family in Iran. These voices deliver disturbing pre-recorded messages and are believed to be government tactics to control information or potentially a tactic employed by Israel to spread confusion. | Iranians living abroad | Audio | Republic World |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Iranians abroad reported hearing AI-generated voices, specifically one calling itself 'Alyssia,' when attempting to call relatives in Iran. This occurred amidst rising tensions between Iran and Israel and coincided with internet and phone blackouts imposed by the Iranian government. The AI voice replaced real conversations, causing confusion and alarm, with some suspecting psychological warfare. | Iranians abroad attempting to contact relatives in Iran | Audio | thedailyjagran.com |
| Jun 21, 2025 | An AI-generated video was falsely shared on social media platforms (X, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram) claiming to show the destruction in Tel Aviv after an Iranian attack. The video, created using Google AI, was identified by a watermark. The video predates the attack and was originally posted with hashtags related to South Lebanon. | Tel Aviv, Israel | Video | Yahoo |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Falsified footage of United Kingdom-based activist Tommy Robinson’s viral migrant‑landing video. | Tommy Robinson | Video | The Indian Express |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Iranians abroad are encountering strange, robotic voices when calling their homes in Iran. These voices use phrases to prevent contact and possibly gather information. Experts suspect the Iranian government or potentially Israel is responsible, using low-tech AI or pre-recorded messages to divert calls. | Iranians attempting to contact family in Iran | Audio | WION |
| Jun 21, 2025 | A middle school teacher was arrested for allegedly using student photos to create AI-generated pornography and sharing child pornography on Discord. | Students of a middle school in Central Florida | Image | FOX 35 Orlando |
| Jun 20, 2025 | During the Israel-Iran conflict, AI-generated videos and images were used to spread disinformation. Examples include fake videos boasting of Iran's military capabilities and fake clips showing the aftermath of strikes on Israeli targets. AI-generated images exaggerated the success of Iran's response, such as depicting missiles falling on Tel Aviv and claims of destruction of Israeli F-35 fighter jets. Pro-Israeli accounts also shared disinformation, including AI-generated videos purporting to show Iranians chanting 'we love Israel'. State media in Tehran shared fake footage of strikes and an AI-generated image of a downed F-35 jet. The disinformation was spread on X, TikTok, and Instagram. | Israeli government, Iranian government, general public | Video Image | BBC |
| Jun 20, 2025 | A middle school teacher in Florida, David McKeown, was arrested for allegedly using real student photos to create AI-generated pornographic images. He is accused of sharing and downloading child pornography, potentially using students' photos to create the AI-generated content. The investigation began after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Devices were seized from his home and the school, and he faces multiple charges related to child sex abuse material. | Students of UBIC Academy | Image | FOX 35 Orlando |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Iranians living abroad receive strange, robotic voices when attempting to call their loved ones in Iran. The voices deliver bizarre messages, causing distress and hindering communication during a time of crisis and conflict. | Iranian citizens and their relatives abroad | Audio | AP News |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Midjourney's AI video tool V1 generated short animated clips of Disney and Universal characters (e.g., Wall-E, Yoda) in potentially infringing or inappropriate scenarios (e.g., Wall-E holding a gun, Yoda smoking a joint). This occurred despite some guardrails intended to block such generation. Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement. | Disney, Universal | Video | WIRED |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Midjourney's AI video tool V1 generates animated clips of copyrighted characters from Disney and Universal, including Wall-E holding a gun. Disney and Universal filed a lawsuit against Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement. Guardrails are incomplete, allowing generation of clips of characters like Homer Simpson, Shrek, Minions, Deadpool, C-3PO, and Darth Vader. It was possible to generate clips of copyrighted characters in adult situations, like Wall-E brandishing a firearm and Yoda smoking a joint. | Disney and Universal (copyrighted characters) | Video Image | WIRED |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Scammers are using deep fakes to impersonate victims’ family members in order to steal their money. Malicious actors have been creating texts or deepfaked audio messages that impersonate top government officials, part of a scam to trick current or former senior federal and state government leaders. | Seniors, families, small business owners, government officials | Audio | CyberScoop |
| Jun 20, 2025 | A viral TikTok video depicted a news anchor alleging that Iran planned to invade Florida. The video was generated by AI and spread panic across social media. The video contains red flags, such as an unnamed news anchor, unnatural pauses, an eight-second clip, and a map with geographical inaccuracies. The video lacks branding to identify the news anchor or network. | Florida, USA | Video | Pensacola News Journal |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Music streamer Deezer is flagging AI-generated songs due to a surge in music created using AI tools, which are being used to fraudulently earn royalties. Deezer has detected that 18% of songs uploaded to its platform each day are completely AI generated. Fraudsters are creating and uploading AI-generated songs to streaming platforms, trying to get them onto playlists and recommendations, and earning royalties as a result. Deezer is fighting this by flagging AI-generated content and cutting off royalty payments for AI songs used for stream manipulation. A specific case is mentioned where a man was charged with generating hundreds of thousands of AI songs and using bots to stream them billions of times, earning at least $10 million. | Deezer, musicians, copyright holders | Audio | New York Post |
| Jun 20, 2025 | A digitally created image falsely depicts Donald Trump with a teenage girl, falsely implying a connection to Jeffrey Epstein's island. The image contains AI-related errors, such as distorted body parts. Trump's spokesperson confirmed the image as fake. | Donald Trump | Image | Full Fact |
| Jun 20, 2025 | An AI-generated video falsely depicts Israeli citizens protesting and pleading with Iran to stop the war. The video contains inconsistencies like unnatural facial features, spelling errors and a 'Veo' watermark. AI detection tools confirmed it was AI-generated. | Israel | Video | FACTLY |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Mai Fujimoto, a crypto influencer, had her X, Telegram and Metamask accounts compromised after being induced to click a link during a Zoom call with a compromised account of her acquaintance. | Mai Fujimoto | The Cryptonomist | |
| Jun 20, 2025 | North Korea’s BlueNoroff used AI-generated replicas of company executives in a Zoom call to trick a Web3 worker into downloading a malicious Zoom extension that installed malware on a macOS system. The attack began through a Telegram message that redirected the victim to a fake Zoom site. The malware included keyloggers, information stealers, and remote access tools. | Employee at a cryptocurrency foundation | Video Audio | Digital Watch Observatory |
| Jun 20, 2025 | An AI-generated image falsely claimed to show a downed Israeli F-35 jet in Iran. The image, circulated online after Iranian state media claims, contained AI-generated distortions, mismatched symbols, and scale inconsistencies. The aircraft's markings did not match those used on actual Israeli F-35s, and people near the aircraft appeared the same size as buses. | Israeli government/military | Image | Digital Watch Observatory |
| Jun 20, 2025 | An AI-generated image falsely claimed to show a downed Israeli F-35 fighter jet after Iranian state media reported shooting down two Israeli jets. The image contained visual inconsistencies typical of AI-generated content and did not match actual F-35 photos. | Israeli F-35 fighter jets | Image | Yahoo |
| Jun 20, 2025 | A falsified news story was made to appear as if it was published on SanAngeloLIVE.com. The fabricated article references a real incident—a shooting that occurred Wednesday, June 18, 2025, involving a sheriff’s deputy and a subject at a residence in Buffalo Heights. San Angelo LIVE! is pursuing legal action against the individuals responsible. | San Angelo LIVE! | Image | sanangelolive.com |
| Jun 20, 2025 | An AI-generated image depicting missiles falling on Tel Aviv circulated on social media in June 2025. The image was created by an AI artist and spread widely, causing confusion. The image was debunked by OSINT and disinformation experts who pointed out inconsistencies and the creator's watermark. | Tel Aviv | Image | Snopes.com |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Google is training AI models like Gemini and Veo 3 on YouTube videos. Veo 3 created videos very similar to existing YouTube content of creator Brodie Moss, with a score of 71 for the video and over 90 for just the audio. Creators feel their work is being used unfairly, without credit, consent, or payment. | Brodie Moss, YouTube Creators | Video Audio | TipRanks |
| Jun 19, 2025 | A deepfake video was created portraying Peter Obi praising Ibrahim Traoré. The video was created using AI-generated speech overlaid on existing video footage of Peter Obi. The audio did not match Peter Obi's known speech patterns, featuring a forced foreign accent. The speaker's mouth movements were unnaturally blurred and poorly synchronized with the audio. | Peter Obi | Video Audio | Dubawa |
| Jun 19, 2025 | AI-generated news reports falsely claimed Aurora Cannabis was acquiring MedLeaf Therapeutics for $215 million and forming a partnership with MediPharm GmbH. These reports quoted the CEO and cited SEC filings, leading to a drop in Aurora's stock price. Aurora Cannabis has denied these reports and stated they are taking the situation seriously. | Aurora Cannabis | Yahoo | |
| Jun 19, 2025 | North Korean BlueNoroff gang used deepfake Zoom calls to target tech company employees. Hackers sent Telegram messages with deceptive links leading to a fake Zoom domain. This resulted in the installation of malicious binaries, including crypto info stealers and surveillance programs, on victims' MacBooks. | Tech company employees using MacBooks | Video | HotHardware |
| Jun 19, 2025 | An AI-generated video was created showing a fake protest in Israel. The video depicted people carrying Israeli flags and placards, chanting for Pakistan to help stop attacks by Iran. Analysis confirmed the video was AI-generated due to anomalies in the footage, high tamper scores, and detection by AI content detection platforms. | Israel | Video | Geo News |
| Jun 19, 2025 | AI-generated video shows a fake protest in Israel asking Pakistan for help amidst the Israel-Iran conflict. The video was analyzed using AI content detection platforms (Attestiv and Hive Moderation), which confirmed the high likelihood of it being AI-generated due to tampering and visible anomalies like overly smooth faces. No US or Israeli news outlets reported any such protest. | Israel | Video | Geo News |
| Jun 19, 2025 | North Korea-aligned BlueNoroff used deepfake Zoom calls of company executives to trick a Web3 employee into installing malware on their macOS device. The employee was contacted via Telegram and a Calendly link which redirected to a fake Zoom domain. During the Zoom call, deepfakes of senior leadership urged the employee to install a malicious Zoom extension due to microphone issues, leading to the installation of malware. | Web3 employee | Video | The Hacker News |
| Jun 19, 2025 | A customer attempted to use an AI-edited image to fraudulently claim a refund from a Tsim Sha Tsui izakaya for a Keeta takeaway order. The customer claimed to have received the wrong order and submitted a manipulated photo as proof. The restaurant owner identified inconsistencies in the photo, leading to the rejection of the refund request. | TST Izakaya | Image | Dimsum Daily |
| Jun 19, 2025 | A netizen was scammed by a friend using ChatGPT to manipulate bank transaction screenshots to appear as if payments were made. The victim only discovered the scam after auditing her account and realizing none of the transactions had gone through. The perpetrator defrauded other classmates using the same method. | Netizen and other classmates | Image | Inquirer.net |
| Jun 19, 2025 | A deepfake video was created depicting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake endorsing a fraudulent investment scheme promising high returns. The voice in the video doesn't match the President's actual voice and the registration link leads to a fake Daily Mirror article featuring a fabricated interview. The Presidential Media Division confirmed the video was AI-generated. | President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sri Lankan citizens | Video Audio | Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka |
| Jun 19, 2025 | An AI-generated image of Vijay Mallya and Supriya Shrinate sitting together was circulated on social media. AI detection tools confirmed the image was likely AI-generated due to inconsistencies in facial structure. | Supriya Shrinate and Vijay Mallya | Image | Vishvas News |
| Jun 19, 2025 | An AI-generated image of Vijay Mallya and Supriya Shrinate went viral on social media. The image was found to be AI-generated with a 99% probability by multiple AI image detection tools due to inconsistencies in Shrinate's facial structure. | Supriya Shrinate and Vijay Mallya | Image | Vishvas News |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Joy Timeline HK Limited used AI to generate fake nude images of people without their consent via the CrushAI app. They advertised the app on Facebook and Instagram using at least 170 business accounts. The ads included AI-generated nude or sexually explicit images with captions such as upload a photo to strip for a minute and erase any clothes on girls. | Users of Meta platforms (Facebook and Instagram) | Image | Hong Kong Free Press |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Meta is suing Joy Timeline HK Limited, the company behind the CrushAI app, which uses AI to create fake nude images of people without their consent. Joy Timeline HK Limited allegedly violated Meta’s rules by running CrushAI ads with at least 170 business accounts it created on Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram. Some of the ads included AI-generated nude or sexually explicit images with captions such as “upload a photo to strip for a minute” and “erase any clothes on girls,” | Individuals whose images were used in the CrushAI app | Image | Hong Kong Free Press |
| Jun 19, 2025 | AI-generated videos falsely depicting the aftermath of the Air India plane crash were circulated on Facebook. The videos were flagged as likely AI-generated by detection tools, and reverse image searches did not find corroborating reports from reliable media outlets. | General Public | Video | Rappler |
| Jun 19, 2025 | A Latin American fintech company detected over 30 percent more fraud attempts, including injection attacks and deepfakes, by using Jumio's new Liveness Premium solution. The attacks utilized AI-generated faces, synthetic overlays and injection techniques. | Latin American fintech company | Fintech Singapore | |
| Jun 19, 2025 | A man was arrested for uploading an AI-generated doctored video of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi on Facebook, allegedly depicting the Chief Minister in an obscene manner. The video was created with the intention of defaming the CM. | Mohan Majhi, Chief Minister of Odisha | Video | Asia News Network |
| Jun 18, 2025 | North Korean BlueNoroff group deepfaked company executives in a Zoom call to trick an employee into installing macOS malware. The attackers contacted the target on Telegram, posed as professionals, and used a fake Zoom domain. The deepfake videos featured recognizable senior leadership to add credibility. The victim was tricked into downloading a malicious Zoom extension that installed malware, leading to cryptocurrency theft. | Employee at a tech firm | Video | BleepingComputer |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Attackers posed as virtual legal assistants requesting account closures on behalf of customers using voice modulation. | major U.S. retailer | Audio | KnowBe4 blog |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Disney and NBCUniversal are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI image generation tool allows users to create near-perfect copies of their characters (e.g., Darth Vader, Minions). They argue this infringes on their IP and could lead to lost revenue and brand damage if AI-generated images are distributed widely. | Disney and NBCUniversal | Image | IndieWire |
| Jun 18, 2025 | YouTuber Cr1TiKaL fooled his viewers with an AI-generated intro to his video to demonstrate the advancements in AI video generation. The intro included AI-generated script, visuals, and voice, created by a Reddit user. Cr1TiKaL cropped out the watermark and zoomed in to hide the hands, which are a common giveaway for AI-generated content. | Cr1TiKaL's viewers | Video | PetaPixel |
| Jun 18, 2025 | A scammer is impersonating the voice of WCPO 9 meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark using AI software in Facebook messages to solicit money. The fake account is making friend requests and uses voice impersonation to sound like Jennifer. An example message is provided to illustrate the scam. | Jennifer Ketchmark and Facebook users | Audio | WCPO 9 Cincinnati |
| Jun 18, 2025 | A LATAM finance startup using Jumio Liveness Premium caught over 30% more sophisticated fraud attempts including injection attacks and deepfakes. | LATAM finance startup | Help Net Security | |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Epic Games utilized AI for Star Wars' Darth Vader in Fortnite, allowing players to talk to the character and having him respond in the voice of the late James Earl Jones. SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games, insisting that Epic Games had decided to use AI "without providing notice to the union or the opportunity to bargain." | James Earl Jones / Darth Vader | Audio | Bounding Into Comics |
| Jun 18, 2025 | AI generated images that are more severe than images that were actually taken in reality. The victim was a real child sex abuse victim whose images had been circulating since 2011. Although her abuser was caught, and the girl eventually "went public" with her story, the images had been shared widely. | A real child sex abuse victim | Image | BBC |
| Jun 18, 2025 | AI-generated images of a known child abuse victim are being created, some of which are even more severe than the original abuse images. These images are circulating online alongside real images of child abuse, making it difficult to differentiate and potentially leading law enforcement to chase non-existent victims or miss real cases. | A victim of child abuse whose images had been circulating since 2011 | Image | BBC |
| Jun 18, 2025 | AI-generated images, some more severe than the original abuse images, are circulating. The IWF first saw AI images in 2023, but reports quadrupled in 2024. | Real child sex abuse victim (Natalia) | Image | BBC |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Fraudulent streams of AI-generated music on Deezer, inflated by bots to collect royalty payments. Up to 70% of AI-generated music streams are fraudulent, with AI music accounting for 0.5% of streams. A specific case involves Michael Smith generating hundreds of thousands of AI songs and streaming them billions of times, obtaining $10 million in royalties. | Legitimate artists and Deezer | Audio | The Guardian |
| Jun 17, 2025 | AI-generated nude images were created using the faces of dozens of girls from Western Dubuque School District and other area schools. The photos were created by male students at Cascade High School. An investigation is underway by the Cascade Police Department and the Dubuque County Sheriff's Office. | Female students at Western Dubuque School District and other area schools | Image | KWWL |
| Jun 17, 2025 | A deepfake video surfaced online appearing to show Zoey Stark announcing her retirement from WWE, which caused concern among fans and her family. Stark later confirmed the video was AI-generated and that she is not retiring. | Zoey Stark | Video | Wrestling Inc. |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Police are warning about a rise in AI-generated deepfakes being used as a form of cyberbullying and harassment in schools. Nude images of children are being created and circulated. Approximately 4,000 sexually explicit deepfake images and videos of children and youth were generated last year. One in 10 youth say they know of cases where their friends and classmates have created “deepfake nudes” of other kids using AI-generated tools. | Children and youth in Alberta schools | Image Video Audio | Edmonton Journal |
| Jun 17, 2025 | AI-generated nude images and other forms of cyberbullying and harassment are targeting children and youth in schools. These deepfakes are being used to victimize children and youth, potentially leading to extortion. 4,000 sexually explicit deepfake images and videos of children and youth were generated last year. | Children and youth in Alberta schools | Image Video Audio | Edmonton Journal |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Users posted a fake news segment in multiple languages, including an anchor announcing the death of author J.K. Rowling. The article also mentions the potential for harassment using the technology. | J.K. Rowling | Video | The Week |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Users posted fake news segments in multiple languages, including an anchor announcing the death of author J.K. Rowling. (She is not dead.) | J.K. Rowling | Video | The Week |
| Jun 17, 2025 | AI reanimations/deepfakes are used to make facsimiles of the dead. Christopher Pelkey's AI video reconstruction delivered a victim impact statement at the sentencing hearing of his killer. Dead Israeli singers were to be conjured using AI-generated sound and video for a concert. A deepfake version of Agatha Christie was created to teach a writing course. | Christopher Pelkey, Iconic Israeli Singers, Agatha Christie | Video Audio | The Conversation |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa shared an AI-generated video featuring supposed students questioning the impeachment process against Vice President Sara Duterte. The video questioned why Duterte is being singled out. House prosecution panel spokesperson Antonio Audie Bucoy criticized Dela Rosa, stating that sharing a fake source propagates a lie and emphasizes bias. | Sara Duterte | Video | GMA Network |
| Jun 17, 2025 | AI-generated videos were falsely shared claiming they showed damage to Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion International Airport after Iran struck Israel with missiles. The videos were originally posted by a TikTok account that creates AI content. One video showed a heavily damaged airport, and another showed damaged buildings. | Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion International Airport | Video | Yahoo |
| Jun 17, 2025 | AI-generated images were circulated on Facebook and other social media platforms, falsely claiming that Iran had shot down a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit strategic bomber. The images showed inconsistencies, such as the bomber's size being disproportionate to people nearby, indicating they were created using AI. | U.S. Air Force, general public | Image | მითების დეტექტორი |
| Jun 17, 2025 | A fabricated TikTok story depicted a nonexistent Kansas City electrician and basketball coach, Andre Tillman, being arrested. The story, amplified by AI, garnered millions of views and spawned fraudulent GoFundMe campaigns before being debunked by police and removed from the platform. | Andre Tillman's Fictional Persona | KMBC | |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Timbaland allegedly used KFresh's beat without permission to create an AI-generated beat using Suno's AI, featuring an artist named C-Red rapping over it. Timbaland then created another version using his "Baby Timbo" AI. KFresh claims Timbaland never reached out to him for permission. | KFresh | Audio | Digital Music News |
| Jun 16, 2025 | AI-generated videos falsely using his likeness to promote miracle cures and wonder drugs. | Tom Hanks | Video | Quartz |
| Jun 16, 2025 | CrushAI used generative AI to create deepfake nudes from uploaded photos, which were then advertised on Instagram and Facebook. Meta is suing Joy Timeline HK Limited, the company behind CrushAI, for violating its terms of service and circumventing enforcement. | Users of Facebook and Instagram, specifically in the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia, with a focus on women. | Image | CEO Today |
| Jun 16, 2025 | A video surfaced depicting students defending Sara Duterte and opposing her impeachment. The video was determined to be AI-generated using Google's Veo, as indicated by the watermark. Deepware also flagged it as suspicious. The video was shared by a senator before it was identified as AI generated. | Sara Duterte | Video | Rappler |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Disney and Universal filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that Midjourney trained its AI on copyrighted images and enabled users to generate unauthorized reproductions of characters like Darth Vader and Homer Simpson. Getty Images also has a lawsuit against Stability AI for scraping millions of its copyrighted photos to train Stable Diffusion. | Disney, Universal, Getty Images | Image | Forbes |
| Jun 14, 2025 | A YouTube user created an AI-generated version of Ed Sheeran's song 'Sapphire' sung entirely by Arijit Singh, accompanied by an AI-generated image of both artists. Arijit Singh previously won a case against the misuse of his voice by AI platforms. | Arijit Singh, Ed Sheeran | Audio Image | Mint |
| Jun 14, 2025 | A Hong Kong finance worker transferred $25 million to fraudsters after a video conference where every participant was a deepfake of company staff. | Hong Kong finance worker's company | Video | Tech Times |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Pornographic videos with the faces of female celebrities superimposed on other bodies were posted on Reddit in 2017. | Female Celebrities | Image Video | The Regulatory Review |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Stephen King posted an AI-generated image depicting Donald Trump as a taco on social media, using Elon Musk's Grok AI. The image is part of a trolling campaign referencing Trump's policy flip-flops. | Donald Trump | Image | Indy100 |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Meta is taking legal action against Joy Timeline HK Limited, the company behind the "CrushAI" app, which allows users to create AI-generated nude or sexually explicit images of individuals without their consent. The company attempted to circumvent Meta's ad review process after repeated removals of their ads for violating Meta's policies. | Individuals depicted in AI-generated nude or sexually explicit images created by the CrushAI app | Image | Social Media Today |
| Jun 12, 2025 | A student created an AI-generated nude image of a female student and shared it with other students at school. The victim was notified of the image's existence at school. The creator admitted to making the image and shared the website used. The school district did not discipline the student, leading the victim's mother to speak out. | Hingham Middle School student | Image | Boston.com |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Meta is suing Joy Timeline HK Limited, the developer of Crush AI, an app that generates fake naked imagery. Hundreds of ads for similar apps were found on Meta platforms. An AI-generated video of Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo Nazário endorsing an online game was also found. Apple also removed generative AI apps that created nude images. | Individuals whose images are used in 'nudify' apps, Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo Nazário | Image Video | PCMag |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Meta is suing Joy Timeline HK Limited, the creator of the 'nudify' app CrushAI, which allows users to create sexually explicit images of people using AI. The lawsuit alleges the company circumvented Meta's ad review process to promote the app on Facebook and Instagram. Senator Dick Durbin cited a report estimating that 90% of CrushAI's traffic came from Meta's platforms. | People whose images are used in the CrushAI app | Image | Investopedia |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Meta is suing Joy Timeline HK for advertising 'nudify apps' like CrushAI that create AI-generated nude images without consent. Joy Timeline HK allegedly tried to circumvent Meta's ad review processes after violating its rules. The apps are used to create non-consensual sexual imagery used for sextortion, blackmail, and abuse. | Individuals whose images are used to create deepfake nudes | Image | Mint |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Meta is suing CrushAI for advertising a deepfake app that creates sexually explicit deepfakes by circumventing Meta's rules. The ads targeted users in the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, and the UK, and some featured AI-generated nude images. | Meta (Facebook and Instagram users) | Image | CNN |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Joy Timeline HK Ltd. allegedly promoted "nudify" apps (CrushAI) that use AI to strip clothes from images and generate fake nude content without consent. The apps were promoted on Facebook and Instagram before Meta removed them. Meta states these tools are fueling sextortion, blackmail, and digital abuse. | Individuals whose images were used to create fake nudes | Image | Yahoo Finance |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Meta is suing the maker of the CrushAI app for creating and advertising sexually explicit deepfakes. The app allows users to create nude or sexualized images from a photo of someone’s face. The ads circumvented Meta’s rules and targeted users in multiple countries with phrases like 'upload a photo to strip for a minute' and 'erase any clothes on girls.' | Users of Meta Platforms (Facebook and Instagram) particularly in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom, and potentially celebrities and high school girls | Image | WCVB |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, claiming the AI image generator creates unauthorized copies of their copyrighted characters and trains its video service on copyrighted materials. The lawsuit includes Midjourney-generated images of characters like Darth Vader, Minions, Shrek, and Yoda. | Disney, Universal, and the hard-working creative community | Image Video | PC Gamer |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Disney and NBCUniversal have filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for copyright infringement. Midjourney allows users to generate images of copyrighted characters, which the studios claim is a violation of their copyright. Midjourney trained its AI model using copyrighted content downloaded from the Internet. | Disney, NBCUniversal, and their copyrighted characters (Darth Vader, Shrek, Yoda, Wall-E, Stormtroopers, Minions, characters from How to Train Your Dragon) | Image | Ars Technica |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney, an AI image generator, for copyright infringement. They allege that Midjourney allows users to recreate their copyrighted characters (e.g., from Marvel, Star Wars, Shrek) without proper licensing, using AI image generation technology. The lawsuit includes examples of generated images featuring iconic characters. | Disney and Universal | Image | CNET |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Disney and Universal Studios are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI image generator used their copyrighted material to train its AI and generate unauthorized reproductions of characters like Darth Vader, Elsa, Minions, Shrek and Homer Simpson. The studios claim Midjourney profited from their work and seek damages and an injunction to stop the distribution of infringing images. | Disney and Universal Studios | Image | PetaPixel |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement due to the AI image generator creating images of characters from their movies and TV shows without permission. The studios claim Midjourney ignored requests to stop and is profiting from the unlicensed use of their intellectual property. | Disney and Universal | Image | NBC News |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Deepfake images of Aespa's Karina were used in a teaser for the Seoul Waterbomb 2025 festival without her consent. Fans expressed outrage, criticizing the festival organizers and Karina's management (SM) for allowing the use of AI and deepfake technology. SM had previously condemned the use of AI and deepfakes for their artists. | Aespa Karina | Image | Times of India |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, claiming the AI image generator created unauthorized copies of their characters like Darth Vader and Elsa. The lawsuit alleges that Midjourney used the studios' copyrighted works to train its AI image service and generate reproductions without permission. | Walt Disney, Universal | Image | Reuters |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Disney and Universal sued Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI image generator is a "bottomless pit of plagiarism." They claim Midjourney pirated their libraries and made unauthorized copies of characters like Darth Vader, Elsa, and the Minions. The studios provided examples of Midjourney animations featuring Disney characters, such as Yoda wielding a lightsaber and Buzz Lightyear taking flight, and Universal characters such as Toothless, Shrek, and Po from Kung Fu Panda. | Disney and Universal | Image | The Guardian |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Disney and Universal sued Midjourney for copyright infringement, claiming the AI tool creates unauthorized copies of their characters like Chewbacca and Spider-Man based on prompts. The lawsuit includes examples of Midjourney-generated images alongside original source material to demonstrate the similarities. | Disney and Universal | Image | Business Insider |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Report details AI-generated deepfake impersonations, social engineering schemes, and Ponzi-style frauds. Deepfakes simulate text, voice messages, facial expressions and even actions. Fake video endorsements of investment platforms from public figures such as Singapore’s prime minister and Elon Musk are tactics used to exploit public trust via Telegram, X and other social media platforms. Sandeep Nailwal was impersonated via Zoom. | Public figures, platform executives, Sandeep Nailwal, Elon Musk, Singapore’s prime minister | Video Audio Image | Cointelegraph |
| Jun 10, 2025 | The article discusses Florida's new laws against deepfake pornography and other sexual offenses against children. It mentions Brooke Curry, whose image was used to create a fake image, and mentions other celebrities and women politicians have been targets of deepfake sexual imagery. | Brooke Curry, Taylor Swift, Jenna Ortega, Megan Thee Stallion, women politicians | Image | Tallahassee Democrat |
| Jun 07, 2025 | Lawyers cited fake cases generated by AI in court proceedings in England. In one case, a lawyer cited 18 cases that did not exist in a \u00a390 million lawsuit. In another, a lawyer cited five fake cases in a tenant’s housing claim. | UK Justice System | AP News | |
| Jun 06, 2025 | Meta's platforms (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) displayed ads for 'nudify' apps that create sexually explicit deepfakes from uploaded images. The ads targeted men aged 18-65 and were active in the US, EU, and UK. Some ads used deepfake images of celebrities. The apps sometimes required payment to access 'exclusive' features. The generated content often bypassed age verification measures. These apps were available on Meta platforms and sometimes even Apple's app store. | Individuals whose images were used to create 'nudify' deepfakes, including celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and Anne Hathaway. Also, potentially minors if age verification is not in place. | Image | CBS News |
| Jun 05, 2025 | Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan claims a viral audio recording circulating on social media is a deepfake and not her voice. She alleges her communications may have been accessed to clone her voice and make fraudulent calls. She has involved her legal and security teams to investigate the matter. | Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan | Audio | TV360 Nigeria |
| Jun 05, 2025 | Deepfake videos of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Google CEO Sundar Pichai promoting fraudulent investment schemes led to investors losing money. Scammers are using AI to create hyper-realistic videos that impersonate public figures to trick victims into sending money or sharing sensitive data. Brand abuse accounts for nearly one-third of all cybercrime incidents in India, with banking, retail, and government sectors bearing the brunt. | Nirmala Sitharaman, Sundar Pichai, Indian investors | Video | The Logical Indian |
| Jun 05, 2025 | AI-generated images falsely depicting Rekha in a hospital bed after a heart attack were circulated on social media. The images showed Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan visiting her. AI-detection tools identified inconsistencies and distortions indicative of AI generation. | Rekha | Image | News Mobile |
| Jun 05, 2025 | AI-generated images circulating on social media falsely claim that actress Rekha was hospitalized after a heart attack. The images show Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan visiting her in the hospital. The images exhibit tell-tale signs of AI generation such as unnatural facial expressions, blurred textures, distorted features, and inconsistent lighting. | Rekha | Image | News Mobile |
| Jun 05, 2025 | A viral audio and video clip allegedly featured Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan accusing Senate President Godswill Akpabio of blackmailing President Bola Tinubu to orchestrate her imprisonment. She claims the voice in the video is not hers and has been cloned and manipulated. | Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan | Audio Video | TheCable |
| Jun 05, 2025 | New Zealand MP Laura McLeod McClure showed an AI-generated nude image of herself in Parliament to highlight the dangers of deepfake technology and advocate for stricter laws. The image was created using AI and took less than five minutes to make. | Laura McLeod McClure | Image | India TV News |
| Jun 05, 2025 | New Zealand MP Laura McLeod McClure created an AI-generated nude image of herself to demonstrate the ease with which deepfakes can be created and used to harm individuals, particularly women. She used this image to advocate for stricter laws against deepfake abuse during a parliamentary session, introducing the Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill. | Laura McLeod McClure | Image | India TV News |
| Jun 05, 2025 | New Zealand MP Laura McClure displayed an AI-generated nude image of herself in Parliament to highlight the dangers of deepfake technology. The image was created online in less than five minutes. McClure is advocating for amending legislation to address the harm caused by deepfakes. | Laura McClure, New Zealand MP | Image | News18 |
| Jun 05, 2025 | New Zealand MP Laura McClure displayed an AI-generated nude image of herself in Parliament to highlight the dangers of deepfake technology. The image was created in less than five minutes. | Laura McClure | Image | News18 |
| Jun 05, 2025 | New Zealand MP Laura McClure displayed an AI-generated nude image of herself in Parliament to highlight the dangers of deepfake technology. She stated it took less than 5 minutes to create. She is advocating for changes in legislation related to sharing nude photographs without consent to include deepfakes. | Laura McClure, New Zealand MP | Image | News18 |
| Jun 05, 2025 | New Zealand MP Laura McClure displayed an AI-generated nude image of herself during a parliamentary session to highlight the threat of deepfake technology. The image, the MP said was created in under five minutes using readily available online tools and was displayed in parliament to urge legal reform. McClure shared the image on her Instagram account. | Laura McClure, New Zealand MP | Image | The New Indian Express |
| Jun 05, 2025 | A video circulating on social media falsely claims that former US President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a 'total cokehead' during a press conference. Fact-checkers have debunked this claim, identifying the video as a deepfake. The original footage was from a White House press conference on May 12, 2025, where Trump did not make the alleged remarks about Zelenskyy. | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Video | aapnews.aap.com.au |
| Jun 04, 2025 | AI-generated fake advertisements for herbal remedies and other products are circulating on digital platforms in Nigeria, misleading consumers with false claims and AI-generated testimonials. One case involved an advertisement for an herbal remedy claiming to cure over 200 diseases. | Nigerian consumers | Broadcast Media Africa | |
| Jun 04, 2025 | A paraglider named Peng Yujiang allegedly used AI-generated footage in a viral video claiming he was sucked into a storm. Analysis suggests the first five seconds of the video were likely AI-generated, with inconsistencies in the video, a Doubao AI watermark, and distortions in the footage, raising doubts about the authenticity of his story. | Public Perception of Peng Yujiang | Video | Global News |
| Jun 04, 2025 | Michael B. Erickson, a student at Northern Illinois University, was charged with multiple counts of child pornography after allegedly creating thousands of AI-generated images depicting underage victims in nude or sexual situations. He reportedly uploaded photos of victims to Telegram and used AI to remove their clothing. He also allegedly sold the photos to others. | Multiple underage victims | Image | FOX 32 Chicago |
| Jun 04, 2025 | Gizmodo writer used Captions' Mirage Studio to create a video using Gizmodo content. The AI tool used a video from Gizmodo's Instagram page, selected an "actor," and generated a new video with visual distortions and hallucinations. | Kyle Barr/Gizmodo | Video | Gizmodo |
| Jun 04, 2025 | An AI company used Kyle Barr's content from Gizmodo to create a deepfake video using their video generation model, Mirage Studio. The video used Barr's audio and a reference image to create an AI-generated video with visual distortions. | Kyle Barr | Video | Gizmodo |
| Jun 04, 2025 | An image was posted on Facebook purporting to show workers assembling electronic devices in Burkina Faso. The image was determined to be AI-generated due to flaws like nonsensical text, unnatural positioning of workers, and inconsistencies in the image. An AI detection tool confirmed a high probability of AI generation. The image was previously debunked when falsely attributed to Zambia. | Burkina Faso | Image | PesaCheck |
| Jun 04, 2025 | A Facebook page called '90's History' is generating AI pictures of Holocaust victims using their real names and stories taken from the Auschwitz Museum's posts. The museum has asked them to stop because it undermines the integrity of history and presents fictionalized performances as remembrance. The page copies real content but swaps real photos for AI-generated versions, misleading viewers. They never mention that the content is fake, while presenting themselves as a legitimate history page. | Holocaust victims and the Auschwitz Museum | Image | PetaPixel |
| Jun 04, 2025 | Benjamin Michael Jomaa is accused of sextorting three women by threatening to distribute AI-manipulated images of them online if they did not send him more intimate pictures or participate in a sexual act. He was arrested after police searched his home and seized electronic devices. | Three women in their 20s | Image | Yahoo |
| Jun 04, 2025 | A deepfake video using Anne Curtis' image was circulated on social media to promote a fake 'financial project'. Viva Artists Agency confirmed that Anne Curtis is not connected to the Facebook page promoting the project and that the video was made without her consent. | Anne Curtis | Video | Inquirer.net |
| Jun 04, 2025 | A 13-year-old male student used AI to undress photos of two female classmates taken from Instagram. These images were then shared on Snapchat. In a separate event, Elliston Berry, at age 14, had a fully clothed photo of herself manipulated using an AI-undressing app by a classmate and distributed to 2,400 students. | Two 13-year-old girls in Fox Point, Wisconsin, and Elliston Berry | Image | FOX6 News Milwaukee |
| Jun 03, 2025 | AI-generated voice messages claiming missed federal jury duty were used to scam residents. The calls directed individuals to contact a phone number and visit a website to extract money via bitcoin or prepaid cards. Over 800 calls were received by the Sheriff's Office. | Lancaster County residents | Audio | KHGI |
| Jun 03, 2025 | A robocall featuring the voice of President Joe Biden told residents to stay home and save their votes for the November general election. | New Hampshire voters | Audio | The Center Square |
| Jun 03, 2025 | Volkswagen used generative AI to create a deepfake version of the late Brazilian singer Elis Regina for an advertisement, stirring controversy around matters of consent. | Elis Regina (deceased) | Video | ZDNET |
| Jun 03, 2025 | A paragliding accident video involving Peng Yujian, posted on Douyin, is suspected to be partly AI-generated. The first five seconds of the video are believed to contain AI-generated images, with inconsistencies such as strange changes to the paraglider’s helmet and equipment. Several media outlets have removed the video. | Peng Yujian | Video | Gizmodo |
| Jun 03, 2025 | Fortnite used AI-generated voice technology to mimic the voice of a well-known villain NPC. This raises concerns about name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights, specifically concerning AI-recreated voices. The core issue revolves around whether AI-generated voices, built from past performances, are protected under existing NIL frameworks. | Voice actor/estate | Audio | Mondaq |
| Jun 03, 2025 | A deepfake video was created using AI to mimic Joe Bonamassa's voice and image. The video was designed to deceive fans and potentially scam them. The AI-generated voice was used to make Bonamassa say he loved a fan named Lizzie. The video used existing footage of Bonamassa from 2021 with the AI-generated voice dubbed over it. | Joe Bonamassa and his fans | Video Audio | GuitarPlayer.com |
| Jun 03, 2025 | A deepfake video was created using AI to mimic Joe Bonamassa's voice and likeness. The video was designed to deceive fans and potentially scam them. The AI-generated voice was used to make it appear as though Bonamassa was creating a personalized video for a fan named 'Lizzie,' expressing affection and telling a story, likely with the intention of exploiting the relationship for financial gain or other malicious purposes. | Joe Bonamassa fans; Joe Bonamassa | Video Audio | GuitarPlayer.com |
| Jun 03, 2025 | Scammers created a deepfake video of Joe Bonamassa using AI to generate a voice and altered video clip to mislead and scam fans. The deepfake depicts Bonamassa declaring love to someone named 'Lizzie'. Bonamassa has confirmed this to be a fake. | Joe Bonamassa's fans | Video Audio | GuitarPlayer.com |
| Jun 02, 2025 | A New Zealand MP held up a naked deepfake photo of herself in Parliament. | New Zealand MP | Image | The Independent |
| Jun 02, 2025 | A deepfake video used stolen footage and AI-generated voices of Wyoming News Now journalists to promote a fake company, Bunkers4Everyone, claiming to build bunkers in Yellowstone National Park. The deepfake also included a fake website, press release, and LinkedIn bio. | Wyoming News Now journalists (specifically Ashley Morgan), Yellowstone National Park | Video Audio | GearJunkie |
| Jun 02, 2025 | In 2019, a UK-based energy company CEO's voice was cloned and used to trick an executive into transferring €220,000 to a fake Hungarian supplier account. | UK-based energy company CEO | Audio | HackerNoon |
| Jun 02, 2025 | A New Zealand MP, Laura McClure, held up a deepfake naked photo of herself in Parliament to highlight the dangers of deepfake technology. The image was created online in less than five minutes. | Laura McClure, MP | Image | AOL.com |
| Jun 02, 2025 | A New Zealand MP, Laura McClure, held up a generated naked image of herself in parliament to show the dangers of deepfake technology. The image was created quickly online. She stated the image was not real. | Laura McClure | Image | The Independent |
| Jun 02, 2025 | San Francisco's city attorney filed a lawsuit against website owners operating sites using AI-generated non-consensual explicit images of adults and minors. Ten of sixteen websites were shut down for violating state and federal laws. One defendant, Briver, settled with a permanent injunction and a $100,000 penalty. The websites attracted 200 million visitors in the first 6 months of 2024. | Adults and Minors (victims of deepfake pornography) | Image | ABC7 San Francisco |
| Jun 02, 2025 | AI-generated images were used in a Facebook post to falsely claim that a large sinkhole containing Norse artifacts had opened up at Red Clay State Historic Park. The images depicted park rangers in incorrect uniforms and the post was attributed to a satirical 'Cleveland Tennessee Breaking News' page. The park manager confirmed the information was false. | Red Clay State Historic Park | Image | Local 3 News |
| Jun 01, 2025 | A deepfake video purporting to be set leaks from 'Avengers: Doomsday' spread on social media. The video contained fabricated scenes with actors like Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom and appearances by other characters. The video was debunked by the community but not before reaching millions of views. | Marvel/Avengers Franchise | Video | Forbes |
| Jun 01, 2025 | A woman in Argentina was scammed out of approximately Rs 11 lakh by someone impersonating George Clooney via deepfake videos on Facebook. The scammer convinced her to join a fan club and pay for a special card to unlock exclusive work opportunities. | Woman in Argentina | Video | The Indian Express |
| May 31, 2025 | Elijah Heacock received a threatening text message with an AI-generated nude photo of himself, demanding $3,000 to prevent its distribution to his friends and family. He died by suicide shortly after receiving the message. | Elijah Heacock | Image | CBS News |
Deepfake Reports
How to Detect Misinformation from Deepfake AI Bots?
At the 2024 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, over 10,000 in-person and 25,000 online participants from 145 countries joined leading UN agencies to confront deepfake AI bots and misinformation. Key sessions focused on practical solutions like media watermarking and...
Deepfake Impersonation Targeting Senator Ben Cardin
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LeBron James Olympic Team USA Criticism
On August 9th, 2024, a social media post containing an alleged audio clip of NBA star LeBron James criticizing Team USA head coach Steve Kerr went viral. The post, made by Twitter user @RealRobReinhart, claimed to have obtained "locker room audio" of James disparaging...
Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza deepfake
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A controversy has emerged regarding the authenticity of Joe Biden’s phone call to Kamala Harris, during her speech to campaign staff members in Delaware. Allegations have circulated that this call was a deepfake, artificially generated using advanced AI technology....
Analysis of the Scarlett Johansson and Open AI Sky AI Voice Controversy
The Scarlett Johansson-Open AI Sky AI voice controversy erupted when OpenAI unveiled its new AI assistant with voice capabilities, featuring a voice called "Sky" that many users found eerily similar to Johansson's voice from the movie "Her." Background In May 2024,...
LastPass CEO Audio Deepfake Incident
LastPass revealed that one of its employees was targeted in a sophisticated voice phishing attack. The attackers used deepfake audio technology to impersonate Karim Toubba, the CEO of LastPass, in an attempt...
Arcads AI Deepfake Video
On March 25, 2024, a Twitter user named Beck (@beckylitv) posted a 46-second video that was created using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, specifically the Arcads.ai platform. The video featured a deepfake of an unidentified woman delivering a script in a car....
Cal Poly AI Voice Cloning Scam Case
A recent incident at Cal Poly has highlighted the growing concern over AI voice cloning and its use in phone scams. A family associated with Cal Poly was targeted by scammers who utilized AI voice cloning technology. This technology allows for the creation of...
Deepfake Leads to $25 Million Loss: Employee Tricked by Deepfake CFO
A finance worker at a multinational firm was defrauded of $25 million in an elaborate scam involving deepfake technology. The employee was tricked into participating in a video call with several individuals he believed to be colleagues, including the company's...
Deepfake Black Celebrities: AI Misinformation on YouTube
Fake news creators on YouTube have been exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools to generate and disseminate misinformation targeting Black celebrities, creating a significant challenge in the digital information landscape. This trend of deepfake...
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