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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| May 30, 2025 | Fresno Unified School District's communications office, under the direction of Superintendent Misty Her, created a dossier containing 39 fabricated quotes attributed to the Fresno Teachers Association (FTA) using AI. The dossier accused the FTA of personally attacking Superintendent Her. The fabricated quotes were found in news reports and emails. The communications chief, Nikki Henry, has been placed on leave following the incident. | Fresno Teachers Association (FTA) | GV Wire | |
| May 30, 2025 | A video purportedly showing a Chinese paraglider, Peng Yujiang, surviving an unplanned high-altitude ascent was widely circulated but later removed by news organizations like NBC, BBC, and CNN due to concerns it was AI-generated. The video was originally posted on Douyin and licensed by CCTV. Suspicion arose after a Doubao AI logo was cropped from the video. | Peng Yujiang | Video | Deadline |
| May 30, 2025 | A video emerged purportedly showing paraglider Peng Yujiang surviving a high-altitude ascent. News organizations pulled the video after concerns arose that it was AI-generated, potentially using Doubao AI. The video, initially shared on Douyin and distributed by CCTV, showed Peng battling winds and appearing frostbitten. NBC News identified AI-generated elements in the footage. | Peng Yujiang | Video | Deadline |
| May 29, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer edition containing a list of 15 books, 10 of which were falsely generated by an AI agent. This content, licensed from King Features, bypassed the Sun-Times' editorial review process due to multiple human errors. The incident resulted in embarrassment for the Sun-Times staff and triggered discussions about the use of AI in local news. | Chicago Sun-Times readers | Chicago Sun-Times | |
| May 29, 2025 | Jack Bullington was arrested for creating and distributing AI-generated sexually explicit images of minors. He allegedly cropped the faces of 11 victims from social media onto nude bodies and shared the images on X, including requesting alterations for payment from someone overseas. | 11 juvenile females | Image | KEYE |
| May 28, 2025 | A Vietnam-based hacking group (UNC6032) created fake AI-powered video generator websites and promoted them via malicious ads on social media. These websites distributed malware (STARKVEIL) that steals user credentials, cookies, credit card data, and Facebook information. The campaign ran from mid-2024, impacting users globally. The hackers used Facebook pages and compromised accounts to publish ads, reaching millions of users. The malicious domains were rotated to avoid detection. | Users of social media platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn interested in AI video generation tools. | Video | The Record from Recorded Future News |
| May 28, 2025 | Cybercriminals are using fake text-to-video tools promoted via ads and comments on Facebook and LinkedIn to deliver malware, including information stealers, Trojans, and backdoors. They promote fake tools like "Luma AI," "Canva Dream Lab," and "Kling AI" across 30+ websites imitating legitimate AI tools, rotating domains and creating new ads daily. The malware harvests data from infected devices and sends it to the cybercriminals. | Facebook and LinkedIn users | Video | Malwarebytes |
| May 27, 2025 | AI song generators are used to flood platforms with millions of fake songs, streaming each one a few thousand times to generate royalties. Michael Smith allegedly extracted over US$10 million by uploading hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs and using bots. | Music Industry, legitimate artists, labels, and publishers | Audio | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
| May 27, 2025 | In 2023 fraudsters tricked a finance employee at British engineering firm Arup into transferring $25 million into their accounts. The scammers used a deepfake video call featuring AI-generated avatars of the company's CFO and other executives, making the interaction appear real. | Arup finance employee | Video | Bank Info Security |
| May 27, 2025 | Gayanne Potter, a voiceover artist, is in a dispute with ScotRail and ReadSpeaker after an AI version of her voice, named "Iona," was implemented on Scotland's nationalized train network without her explicit consent. Potter alleges that ReadSpeaker used recordings from a previous job to create the AI voice, violating her rights and potentially infringing on her data protection. She feels exploited and claims the AI clone is demeaning to her career. ScotRail has rejected her concerns and has no plans to remove the AI voice system. This has led to a legal dispute, with Union Equity supporting Potter's case. | Gayanne Potter | Audio | Sky News |
| May 26, 2025 | A Karnataka lawyer was duped of ₹5.93 lakh after being lured by an AI-generated video of Donald Trump promoting a hotel investment scheme on YouTube. The 38-year-old advocate believed the video was real and joined a Telegram group linked in the video. He then invested his money, but when the returns never came and the group vanished, he realized he had been scammed. He had initially paid ₹1,500 to activate his account after submitting his bank details, and was promised a 3% daily return. Lured by early returns, he invested a total of ₹5,93,240 between January 25 and April 4. A case has been registered under the IT Act and Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Police have frozen ₹1.5 lakh in the recipient bank account. | A Karnataka lawyer | Video | Hindustan Times |
| May 26, 2025 | Cybercriminals used deepfake videos of Donald Trump to promote a fake investment scheme called "Trump Hotel Rentals" via YouTube and other social media platforms. The videos directed viewers to a fraudulent mobile app that claimed to offer high-yield returns from property rentals. Victims were lured in with small initial gains before being encouraged to invest larger sums, ultimately losing their money. | Victims in India, Donald Trump's reputation | Video | The420.in |
| May 26, 2025 | Hackers are posting AI-generated videos on TikTok to trick users into downloading infostealing malware. The videos demonstrate how to easily “activate” Windows and Microsoft Office, or enable “premium features” in apps such as Spotify or CapCut. The clips were AI-generated and trick the victims into downloading Vidar and StealC infostealers. One of the videos has roughly 500,000 views, more than 20,000 likes, and more than 100 comments. | TikTok users | Video | TechRadar |
| May 26, 2025 | Scammers are impersonating senior U.S. officials through AI-generated voice messages (vishing) since April 2025. They target high-ranking officials and their contacts to gain access to personal accounts. | U.S. officials and their contacts | Audio | Asbury Park Press |
| May 26, 2025 | An AI-generated image, created based on a police sketch related to a sexual assault investigation in the Saskatoon area, is circulating online. The RCMP warns that the AI image is inaccurate and misleading, as it does not match the descriptors provided by witnesses. The RCMP advises the public to focus on the original sketch released by their Forensic Artist instead. | Saskatchewan RCMP sexual assault investigation | Image | WestCentralOnline |
| May 26, 2025 | An AI-generated video, created by @mbaiarts on Instagram, falsely portrays scuba divers discovering a 5,000-year-old Sri Maha Vishnu temple in the sea off Bali, Indonesia. Hive app analysis indicates a 99% likelihood that the video is AI-generated. The video was shared widely on social media. | Viewers/Social Media Users | Video | FACTLY |
| May 26, 2025 | The band Ice Nine Kills used AI-generated images for promotional material, specifically a picture of Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees grilling meat and another image of the band members. This led to backlash from fans and a ban from being mentioned or promoted on the r/metalcore subreddit. | Ice Nine Kills | Image | Louder |
| May 26, 2025 | A deepfake video of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was created to promote a fraudulent investment platform promising passive income. The video was altered using AI to make it appear as though she was endorsing the platform. AI detection tools confirmed the video and audio were manipulated. | Nirmala Sitharaman | Video | The Quint |
| May 26, 2025 | Anthony Rotondo posted deepfake images of prominent Australian women to the MrDeepFakes website. The eSafety commissioner launched proceedings against Rotondo for failing to remove the images. Rotondo was fined for contempt of court in December 2023 for breaching court orders by not removing the imagery. | Prominent Australian women (names kept confidential) | Image | The Guardian |
| May 25, 2025 | The content describes a North Texas teen who was the victim of deepfake revenge porn, leading to a new federal law cracking down on such images. | North Texas teen | Image | CBS News |
| May 24, 2025 | 50 Cent has been posting AI-generated images and videos mocking Diddy during his trial. These include images of 50 Cent on the jury, Diddy in a pool of baby oil, Diddy in jail, Diddy riding with Jeffrey Epstein, and 50 Cent wearing a 'Free Diddy' shirt. | Diddy | Image Video | Daily Mail |
| May 24, 2025 | 50 Cent used AI to alter a photo of Lil Kim that he didn't like and posted the result on Instagram. He claimed that even AI couldn't fix the photo to his liking. | Lil Kim | Image | Complex |
| May 23, 2025 | SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge against Llama Productions (Epic Games subsidiary) for using AI to generate the voice of Darth Vader in Fortnite without negotiating with the union. The union claims this replaces the work of human performers and violates their bargaining agreement. | SAG-AFTRA | Audio | ComicsBeat |
| May 23, 2025 | Google's Veo 3 AI video synthesis model was tested by creating a deepfake video of Will Smith eating spaghetti. The AI-generated video included synchronized audio, but the spaghetti eating sound effect had a 'crunching' glitch. | Will Smith | Video Audio | Ars Technica |
| May 23, 2025 | A 36-minute YouTube video presented as a speech from Pope Leo XIV to Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré, which was confirmed by the Vatican Press Office and Vatican News to be a deepfake. AI lip-sync technology was used to make the video appear real. | Pope Leo XIV (impersonation) | Video | Relevant Radio |
| May 23, 2025 | A video was released featuring Sam Altman and Jony Ive discussing a merger between OpenAI and Ive's hardware startup. The internet is debating whether the video is a deepfake or not, with some pointing to uncanny eye contact, balanced table reflections, and other subtle details as evidence of AI generation. The video is suspected to be a teaser for Sora2. | Sam Altman and Jony Ive | Video | CryptoSlate |
| May 23, 2025 | Attorneys at Butler Snow LLP used ChatGPT to generate legal citations for court filings in a case concerning Alabama prison conditions. The AI generated citations to cases that did not exist. The judge is considering sanctions and the firm's reputation is at risk. | Butler Snow LLP | The Baltimore Banner | |
| May 22, 2025 | A high school classmate created fake nude images of her and circulated them around school. | Dorota Mani's daughter | Image | ColoradoPolitics.com |
| May 22, 2025 | Scammers used AI-generated images and voices of a multinational firm CEO to steal millions of dollars. | Multinational firm CEO | Image Audio | Tech Policy Press |
| May 22, 2025 | AI-generated explicit images were circulated online, leading to the resignation of a city councilwoman. | South Florida city councilwoman | Image | Tech Xplore |
| May 22, 2025 | AI-generated sexually explicit images created without the subject's consent. AI 'nudification' websites allow users to upload an image, manipulate clothing, body shape and pose, and generate a sexually explicit photo. | Taylor Swift, Melania Trump, South Florida city councilwoman | Image | Tech Xplore |
| May 22, 2025 | An AI-generated summer reading list with fake titles appeared in a print insert in the Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Several titles were made up, including 'The Last Algorithm' by Andy Weir and 'The Collector's Piece' by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Freelancer Marco Buscaglia took responsibility for the piece and confirmed he used AI. | Readers of Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, Authors whose fake books were promoted | USA Today | |
| May 22, 2025 | AI-generated TikTok videos are used to trick users into executing PowerShell commands that download and install information-stealing malware (Vidar and StealC). The videos provide verbal and visual instructions, making it harder for traditional security systems to detect. The accounts used for the attacks are now inactive. | TikTok users | Video Audio | Infosecurity Magazine |
| May 22, 2025 | AI-generated deepfake images | Texas teen | Image | ABC News |
| May 22, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer book guide that included fake, AI-generated titles attributed to real authors like Isabel Allende and Percival Everett. Only five out of fifteen titles were genuine. The list was licensed from King Features, and Marco Buscaglia admitted to using AI to generate some of the content. | Chicago Sun-Times readers, Isabel Allende, Percival Everett | WBZ NewsRadio 1030 | |
| May 22, 2025 | Scammers are using AI-generated voice messages to impersonate senior U.S. officials. They send text messages with malicious links or direct individuals to phishing sites. The aim is to gain access to personal accounts and steal money. The FBI has reported these incidents since April. | Individuals, targeting personal account information and money. | Audio | MassLive |
| May 22, 2025 | Orson Welles' voice was recreated using AI from hours of audio recordings to narrate location-based stories in the StoryRabbit app. The AI model learned from Welles' TV appearances and other mediums to generate new paragraphs in his accent and tone. The project has sparked controversy, with some finding it unethical, while others view it as a continuation of Welles' innovative legacy. | Orson Welles | Audio | MovieWeb |
| May 22, 2025 | Elliston Berry was a survivor of deepfake image-based sexual abuse committed when she was 14. This incident, along with the broader issue of deepfake pornography, inspired the Take It Down Act, which criminalizes the distribution of sexually explicit material without consent, including AI-generated "deepfake pornography". The law also mandates social media platforms to remove such images within 48 hours of notification and introduces penalties including prison sentences and fines. | Elliston Berry (and other potential victims) | Image | Christianity Today |
| May 22, 2025 | Lawyers with Butler Snow firm used ChatGPT to research supporting case law for court filings but did not verify the information, leading to nonexistent case citations. The judge is considering sanctions against the lawyers. The filings were made in a lawsuit filed by an inmate who was stabbed on multiple occasions. | Alabama prison system | Corrections1 | |
| May 22, 2025 | Scammers are impersonating senior U.S. officials using AI-generated voicemails and text messages to trick recipients into divulging personal financial information. They send malicious links and may introduce malware to steal login credentials, targeting other government officials or their associates. | iPhone and Android users, senior U.S. officials, government officials, their associates | Audio | WBIW |
| May 22, 2025 | SAG-AFTRA filed a complaint against Epic Games' subsidiary, Llama Productions, alleging labor rights violations for using AI to replicate James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice in Fortnite without proper consultation or union clearance. The AI voice was generated using Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model and ElevenLabs' Flash v2.5 model. | James Earl Jones's portrayal of Darth Vader | Audio | eWEEK |
| May 22, 2025 | AI-generated videos of doctors and celebrities are used to mislead Australians into abandoning prescribed medications and purchasing unverified supplements. Dr. Norman Swan's likeness is being exploited in these deepfakes. | Australians; Dr. Norman Swan | Video | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| May 22, 2025 | Scammers are using AI to impersonate senior US officials via voice messages. They contact targets via text, then use AI-generated audio to impersonate public figures, friends, or family, sending malicious links to steal login information or push malware. | US federal or state government officials and their contacts | Audio | Malwarebytes |
| May 22, 2025 | Omny Miranda Martone was personally attacked with deepfake pornography. The content was posted on social media and emailed to her employer with demands to fire Martone, unaware that Martone was the company CEO. | Omny Miranda Martone | Image | Forbes |
| May 22, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer reading list that included ten AI-generated book titles that do not exist. A freelancer used AI to create the titles, and the paper is updating its policies to prevent this from happening again. | Chicago Sun-Times | 10News.com | |
| May 22, 2025 | AI-generated pornographic images of public figures and other women were widely circulated on social media platforms, especially X (formerly Twitter). The 'Take It Down Act' makes it a federal crime to distribute sexually explicit images—real or AI-generated—without the subject's consent and allows victims to sue creators and platforms that fail to remove them. | Taylor Swift, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and women with no public profiles | Image | International Business Times UK |
| May 22, 2025 | A high school student was arrested for creating and sharing sexually explicit deepfake images and videos that superimposed the faces of female celebrities and ordinary women onto nude bodies. He operated Telegram chat rooms where he shared the illicit content. 23 others were booked for allegedly producing or redistributing the content. | Female celebrities and ordinary women | Image Video | Korea JoongAng Daily |
| May 22, 2025 | Martina McBride testified at a Senate hearing about the NO FAKES Act. She shared a story about a fan who was scammed by someone impersonating her, leading the fan to sell their house and send the money to the impersonator. The method of impersonation is not explicitly stated, but it implied the use of deepfake audio or video or social media impersonation to convincingly mimic her. | Martina McBride's fans | Stereogum | |
| May 21, 2025 | Kayla Medeiros was a victim of deepfake images that were manipulated to make her look undressed. These images were found on an old iPad she shared with her ex-boyfriend. The 'Take It Down' Act, signed by President Donald Trump, makes publishing explicit AI-generated images illegal, offering protection and stricter penalties for the spread of such images. | Kayla Medeiros | Image | KETV |
| May 21, 2025 | Mentions an incident in late March involving unauthorized deepfake distribution causing harm, but does not give specifics on the target, modality or other details. | Unknown | Image | Leader-Telegram |
| May 21, 2025 | People are using AI to create deepfakes of OnlyFans models. | OnlyFans models | Video | Mashable |
| May 21, 2025 | A fan of Martina McBride was duped into believing they were communicating with her and ended up selling their house and sending the money to the scammer. | Martina McBride's fans | The Tennessean | |
| May 21, 2025 | A Toronto lawyer, Jisuh Lee, submitted a factum that included hallucinated cases generated by AI, misleading the court. She avoided contempt charges by taking responsibility and committing to remedial measures. | Ontario Superior Court Justice Fred Myers | Law.com | |
| May 21, 2025 | The article discusses the DEFIANCE Act, which aims to provide legal recourse for victims of non-consensual, sexually explicit deepfake imagery. It mentions that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift have been targets of such deepfakes. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift | Image | Norwood News |
| May 21, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer reading list including AI-generated fictional books attributed to real authors. The list was created by a freelancer using AI, which generated book titles and details that do not exist. The newspaper removed the list and is reviewing its relationship with third-party contractors. | Chicago Sun-Times readers, Isabel Allende, Rebecca Makkai, Min Jin Lee | NBC News | |
| May 21, 2025 | Elliston Berry and Francesca Mani were victims of deepfakes at age 14. Digitally altered nude images of themselves and friends online were generated using AI. Incidents in schools in the U.S. totalled nearly 30 over the last 20 months. First Lady Melania Trump invited Berry and Mani to a roundtable discussion on the “Take It Down Act.” On May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law to punish individuals who are abusing others through deepfakes or online sexual exploitation. | Elliston Berry and Francesca Mani | Image | American Family Association |
| May 21, 2025 | A deepfake video was posted on X depicting Donald Trump saying Pride Month is canceled. The video, which labeled itself as a deepfake, went viral on social media and had 2.2 million views as of May 21. The video was created by an account named Maverick Alexander. | Donald Trump | Video | USA Today |
| May 21, 2025 | An AI-generated clone of Mark Brown's voice is being used without his knowledge or consent to narrate Doom videos on a YouTube channel called Game Offline Lore. Brown filed a privacy complaint with YouTube. The channel has over 60,000 views, and is potentially making ad revenue. | Mark Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit) | Audio | WIRED |
| May 21, 2025 | A gaming YouTuber, Mark Brown, discovered that an AI-generated clone of his voice was being used without his consent to narrate Doom videos on the 'Game Offline Lore' YouTube channel. Brown filed a privacy complaint with YouTube, as the channel was profiting from the videos using the AI-generated voice. | Mark Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit) | Audio | WIRED |
| May 21, 2025 | A YouTube channel called Game Offline Lore used an AI-generated clone of Mark Brown's voice to narrate Doom videos without his knowledge or consent. Brown filed a privacy complaint to YouTube, but the videos remained live for over 48 hours. The channel is profiting from the videos, which have garnered over 60,000 views. | Mark Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit) | Audio | WIRED |
| May 21, 2025 | Omny Miranda Martone, founder and CEO of the Sexual Violence Prevention Association, was targeted with several deepfake pornography attacks. Disgusting violating images of ‘me’ were shared on social media and emailed to my organization in an attempt to silence my advocacy. | Omny Miranda Martone | Image | Rolling Stone |
| May 21, 2025 | Omny Miranda Martone, founder and CEO of the Sexual Violence Prevention Association, was targeted with several deepfake pornography attacks. Disgusting violating images of ‘me’ were shared on social media and emailed to my organization in an attempt to silence my advocacy. | Omny Miranda Martone | Image | Rolling Stone |
| May 21, 2025 | A syndicated summer reading list published in the Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer was found to be largely fake, generated by AI. The list of 15 books was a syndicated piece by King Features. Freelance writer Marco Buscaglia admitted to partially generating the piece using AI. The fake books were paired with fake descriptions. The newspapers have distanced themselves and promised to investigate. | Chicago Sun-Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer | VICE | |
| May 21, 2025 | Cybercriminals used fake Facebook pages and ads impersonating Kling AI to distribute malware. Users were lured to spoofed websites where they were tricked into downloading a malicious file disguised as AI-generated images or videos. The malware gave attackers remote control of the victim's system and the ability to steal sensitive data. The campaign used a remote access trojan (RAT) called PureHVNC. | Users of Kling AI | Image Video | The Hacker News |
| May 21, 2025 | Former NewsChannel 5 meteorologist Bree Smith was a victim of deepfakes. Images of a semi-nude body with her face superimposed on it had been circulating online. | Bree Smith | Image | The Tennessean |
| May 21, 2025 | A classmate used an app to create nude deepfakes from images taken from her Instagram account and shared them on Snapchat. | Ellison Berry | Image | EL PAÍS English |
| May 21, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer reading list containing AI-generated book titles. Ten of the fifteen books listed were fake, and real authors' names were associated with them. The paper apologized and updated its policies. | Readers of the Chicago Sun-Times, authors whose names were associated with fake books | CBS News | |
| May 20, 2025 | A freelance writer for King Features generated a summer reading list using AI, featuring non-existent books attributed to real authors, and published it in the Chicago Sun-Times. The writer used generative ai tools to make up fake books by real authors. | Chicago Sun-Times readers, authors Isabel Allende, Andy Weir, Brit Bennett | Snopes | |
| May 20, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times printed an AI-generated summer reading list that included fake book titles attributed to real authors. The article, licensed from a third party, was created using AI, and the author admitted to not fact-checking the generated content. This led to backlash for promoting nonexistent books and misrepresenting authors' works. | Authors (e.g., Isabel Allende, Rebecca Makkai), Chicago Sun-Times | HuffPost | |
| May 20, 2025 | 50 Cent posted an AI-generated picture of himself wearing a 'Free Diddy' shirt on Instagram in front of a courthouse, along with other posts referencing the Diddy situation and Kid Cudi's expected testimony. | Diddy | Image | Billboard |
| May 20, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published AI-generated content, including fake book recommendations attributed to real authors and articles quoting nonexistent experts. A 'national content partner' provided the content. A credited author also admitted using AI to generate content and not thoroughly checking facts. The Sun-Times is removing the content and updating its third-party content policies. | Chicago Sun-Times readers, Min Jin Lee, Rebecca Makkai, Padma Lakshmi | The Verge | |
| May 20, 2025 | Snapchat refused for nearly a year to remove an AI-generated “deepfake” of Elliston Berry, who was 14 at the time. | Elliston Berry | Image | AP News |
| May 20, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer reading list that included books generated by AI. The books and some of the experts quoted in other articles in the insert did not exist. The paper is investigating how this happened and is updating its policies to ensure that all third-party licensed editorial content meets the same editorial standards as content created in-house. | Chicago Sun-Times readers | CBC | |
| May 20, 2025 | A syndicated insert titled "Summer reading list for 2025" featured in both papers included numerous nonexistent books. Marco Buscaglia admitted to using AI to generate the list and failing to properly verify the information. | Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer | PCMag | |
| May 20, 2025 | A syndicated summer book list containing made-up books by famous authors (Isabel Allende, Percival Everett) was published in major newspapers. The list was partly generated by Artificial Intelligence. Only 5 of the 15 books were real. | Readers of Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer | NPR | |
| May 20, 2025 | Epic Games (via Llama Productions) allegedly used AI to replicate Darth Vader's voice in Fortnite without notifying the union or the original performers. The AI allows players to interact with the Darth Vader character in real-time. SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge, arguing that the company made unilateral changes to employment terms without providing notice or opportunity to bargain. | Hollywood actors' union (SAG-AFTRA) | Audio | Hindustan Times |
| May 20, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published an AI-generated summer reading list, including non-existent books by real authors due to 'AI hallucination.' The Philadelphia Inquirer was also accused of publishing the same fake reading list. The list was created by a freelancer working with a content partner and included fake titles like *Hurricane Season* by Brit Bennett, *Nightshade Market* by Min Jin Lee, and *The Longest Day* by Rumaan Alam, along with fake descriptions. Other AI-generated content was also found, such as quotes from non-existent experts. | Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Brit Bennett, Min Jin Lee, Rumaan Alam | The Guardian | |
| May 20, 2025 | Defense lawyers for Jeff Dunn, being sued by Frankie Johnson, allegedly used fictitious, potentially AI-generated case citations in a court filing. Johnson's lawyer claims the cited sources do not exist, and the judge confirmed their absence through independent searches. The court is investigating the attorneys for potential sanctions related to false statements. | Frankie Johnson | Yellowhammer News | |
| May 20, 2025 | Fortnite introduced an AI Darth Vader using James Earl Jones' voice, leading to controversy when gamers tricked it into saying slurs. SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor complaint against Epic Games, arguing the use of AI violated their agreement by replacing human performers. | James Earl Jones/SAG-AFTRA | Audio | futurism.com |
| May 20, 2025 | The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer reading list with AI-generated book recommendations, falsely attributing books to authors like Isabel Allende and Andy Weir. The books and descriptions were fabricated. | Chicago Sun-Times readers, Isabel Allende, Andy Weir | 404 Media | |
| May 20, 2025 | Civitai, an AI model sharing site, had a configuration issue that allowed users to generate nonconsensual pornographic videos of real people, including non-celebrities. Although Civitai claims to have fixed the issue for celebrities, it was still allowing non-consensual videos of non-celebrities to be generated at the time of the report. | Non-celebrity Civitai users | Video | 404 Media |
| May 20, 2025 | Epic Games (Llama Productions) allegedly used AI-generated voices in Fortnite to replace the work of human voice actors without proper negotiation with the actors' union, SAG-AFTRA. The specific case involves a Darth Vader non-player character. | SAG-AFTRA (American actors' union) | Audio | theregister.com |
| May 20, 2025 | Attackers are leveraging advanced AI technologies to conduct targeted attacks through smishing and vishing. AI-generated audio mimics well-known public figures or trusted contacts, making it challenging to discern authenticity. Attackers impersonate individuals familiar to their targets, utilizing spoofed numbers, AI-generated voices, and personal photos sourced from public domains. | Top U.S. officials and their associates | Audio | Rude Baguette |
| May 20, 2025 | Fortnite used an AI-generated voice of Darth Vader, based on the late James Earl Jones' voice, allowing players to interact with the character in real-time. SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair-labor-practice complaint against Epic Games, arguing that the agreement with Jones' estate doesn't cover replacing other voice actors with AI without proper agreement with the union. | SAG-AFTRA and other voice actors who have portrayed Darth Vader | Audio | GameSpot |
| May 20, 2025 | Llama Productions, a subsidiary of Epic Games, allegedly used AI-generated voices to replace human voice actors in Fortnite for the Darth Vader chatbot without proper notification or bargaining with the union, SAG-AFTRA. The union has filed an unfair labor practice charge. | SAG-AFTRA (video game voice actor union) | Audio | Rock Paper Shotgun |
| May 20, 2025 | Epic Games (Llama Productions) allegedly used AI to recreate Darth Vader's voice in Fortnite without informing or bargaining with the actors' union (Sag-Aftra). The union filed a complaint alleging unfair labor practices, as the company is accused of replacing the work of human performers with AI technology without proper negotiation. Players were reportedly able to manipulate the AI voice to generate inappropriate content. | James Earl Jones (estate) and voice actors | Audio | BBC |
| May 20, 2025 | Epic Games subsidiary Llama Productions deployed an AI-powered Darth Vader chatbot in Fortnite that imitated the voice of deceased voice actor James Earl Jones (with permission from his estate) using Google Gemini 2.0 Flash and ElevenLabs Flash v2.5. The AI character made offensive statements and SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge, arguing that Llama replaced human performers with AI technology without negotiation. | James Earl Jones (estate), SAG-AFTRA | Audio | Game Developer |
| May 20, 2025 | AI-generated image depicting a Pakistani truck transporting the wreckage of an Indian aircraft was shared on social media, falsely claiming it was real. The image was created using AI and showed distortions, such as an incorrect license plate, revealing its fabrication. | India | Image | Yahoo |
| May 20, 2025 | Epic Games' Fortnite used AI to recreate James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice. SAG-AFTRA filed a complaint alleging replacement of human performers without notice or bargaining. The game allows players to speak with Darth Vader via conversational AI. | James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice | Audio | hypebeast.com |
| May 20, 2025 | Illicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift spread through X. X temporarily banned searches using Taylor Swift’s name in response. | Taylor Swift | Image | Cointelegraph |
| May 20, 2025 | The Take It Down Act has been signed into law, criminalizing the non-consensual online publication of intimate images, including deepfakes. Tech platforms are mandated to remove such content within 48 hours of notification. The law, supported by both Democrats and Republicans, is a response to the rise of deepfake pornography and non-consensual image abuse. High-profile figures like Taylor Swift and Jamie Lee Curtis, as well as underage children, have been victims of AI-generated images shared online without consent. | Taylor Swift, Jamie Lee Curtis, underage children | Image | Decrypt |
| May 20, 2025 | Explicit deepfakes, where a person’s face is superimposed on a nude body using artificial intelligence. A classmate of Texas high schooler Berry shared on Snapchat an image of her that he’d taken from her Instagram and altered using AI to make it look like she was nude. | Taylor Swift, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, high school girls, Elliston Berry, Francesca Mani | Image | CNN |
| May 20, 2025 | Dhruv Rathee created a YouTube video titled 'The Sikh Warrior Who Terrified the Mughals' which included AI-generated visuals of Sikh Gurus. This sparked backlash from the Akal Takht, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), as depicting Sikh gurus in human form is considered inappropriate. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Cell, leading to the video being removed. | Sikh Gurus and Sikh community | Video Image | Hindustan Times |
| May 19, 2025 | An AI-generated deepfake image of Elliston Berry, then 14 years old, was posted on Snapchat. The platform refused to remove it for almost a year. This incident inspired the Take It Down Act. | Elliston Berry | Image | USA Today |
| May 19, 2025 | Boys as young as 14 created and shared AI-generated pornographic images of female classmates on social media sites like Snapchat. | Teenage girls, specifically students | Image | Education Week |
| May 19, 2025 | Taylor Swift became a victim of explicit deepfake images made in her likeness once they were posted on X and disseminated across other social media platforms. | Taylor Swift | Image | The Independent |
| May 19, 2025 | SAG-AFTRA has filed charges against Llama Productions (Fortnite) for using AI to replicate James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice without union agreement, potentially replacing voice actors. | James Earl Jones/SAG-AFTRA | Audio | Star Wars News Net |
| May 19, 2025 | Epic Games (Llama Productions) implemented an AI-voiced Darth Vader NPC in Fortnite, allegedly undermining the work of human SAG-AFTRA members. The AI Darth Vader can have conversations with players over voice chat. SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge, claiming Epic used AI without bargaining over terms, replacing human performers' potential work. | SAG-AFTRA video game actors | Audio | IGN |
| May 19, 2025 | Fortnite introduced an AI voice for Darth Vader, allowing players to interact with the character. SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge against Llama Productions (Fortnite's signatory company), claiming they replaced human performers with AI technology without proper notice or bargaining. The union argues that this undermines voice actors who previously matched Darth Vader's voice in video games. | SAG-AFTRA | Audio | Gizmodo |
| May 19, 2025 | Epic subsidiary Llama Productions implemented an AI-generated Darth Vader voice in Fortnite using Google's Gemini 2.0 to generate dialogue and ElevenLabs' Flash v2.5 AI model trained on the voice of James Earl Jones, without notifying or bargaining with the union. Players discovered they could manipulate the AI into using profanity and inappropriate language. | James Earl Jones/SAG-AFTRA | Audio | Ars Technica |
| May 19, 2025 | Epic Games implemented an AI-powered Darth Vader in Fortnite that could be tricked into saying slurs using James Earl Jones's voice. SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice complaint alleging Epic's use of AI-generated voice constituted 'unilateral changes' to terms and conditions of employment covered by union bargaining. | James Earl Jones, SAG-AFTRA | Audio | PC Gamer |
| May 19, 2025 | Epic Games used an AI-generated version of Darth Vader's voice in Fortnite, with permission from Disney. SAG-AFTRA filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) against Epic Games, alleging that the use of AI-generated voice violates fair labor practices, especially during the SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Strike. | James Earl Jones | Audio | Engadget |
| May 19, 2025 | Llama Productions (Fortnite) allegedly used an AI-powered voice mimicking James Earl Jones' Darth Vader without notifying or negotiating with SAG-AFTRA, the actor's union. This is considered a violation of labor practices as it undermines bargaining unit work, potentially replacing voice actors. | James Earl Jones/SAG-AFTRA | Audio | JoBlo |
| May 19, 2025 | Llama Productions, a subsidiary of Epic Games, allegedly used AI to generate Darth Vader's voice in Fortnite, replacing actors' work without notice or bargaining with SAG-AFTRA. | Actors who previously matched Darth Vader's voice in video games | Audio | AP News |
| May 19, 2025 | President Trump signed the “Take It Down Act,” a bipartisan bill that targets explicit AI-generated deepfakes. | Victims of explicit AI-generated deepfakes | NBC News | |
| May 19, 2025 | Epic Games' Llama Productions used AI to recreate James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice in Fortnite without SAG-AFTRA's consent. SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge, arguing this use of AI replaces the work of human performers and violates their right to bargain terms. The union does not appear to be against using digital replicas of deceased actors, as long as actors and the union are compensated and can bargain terms for their use. | James Earl Jones (posthumously) and SAG-AFTRA | Audio | Variety |
| May 19, 2025 | An AI-generated replica of James Earl Jones’ voice as Darth Vader was used in 'Fortnite' without notifying or bargaining with SAG-AFTRA. The actors' union has filed an unfair labor practice charge. The voice was created after Jones signed an agreement permitting replicas for future use, but SAG-AFTRA argues bargaining is still required. Epic Games worked with Jones’ estate to develop the AI voice. | SAG-AFTRA | Audio | TheWrap |
| May 19, 2025 | SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge against Fortnite's production company, alleging that its use of an AI-powered James Earl Jones Darth Vader voice infringes on the union's right to negotiate major changes to its collective bargaining agreement. The union claimed that Llama Productions, made “unilateral” changes to terms and conditions of employment when Fortnite began employing the use of an AI-powered Vader voice starting Friday without giving the union notice or the ability to negotiate. | SAG-AFTRA | Audio | The Hollywood Reporter |
| May 19, 2025 | Fortnite implemented an AI-generated voice mimicking James Earl Jones as Darth Vader without negotiating with SAG-AFTRA, potentially replacing the work of voice actors who previously performed the role in video games. The AI voice was also reportedly prompted to use slurs. | SAG-AFTRA, voice actors, specifically those who previously matched Darth Vader's voice | Audio | Screen Rant |
| May 19, 2025 | A 2022 deepfake video of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appearing to urge Ukrainian soldiers to surrender to Russian forces. The video was quickly debunked. | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Video | CNET |
| May 19, 2025 | Risto Bergman, a telecoms worker, used an AI app to generate indecent images of young girls being abused. The images were so realistic they were mistaken for authentic photographs. He used sexually descriptive search terms, and the AI drew upon a digital library of real child abuse images. He was sentenced and added to the sex offenders' register. | Children | Image | Sky News |
| May 19, 2025 | Explicit deepfake images of Elliston Berry were created by a classmate using a computer program. The images were difficult to remove from social media, highlighting the need for legislation like the Take It Down Act. | Elliston Berry | Image | FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth |
| May 19, 2025 | AI-generated images circulated online falsely depicting Billie Eilish and Katy Perry at the Met Gala. Billie Eilish was shown in an oversized navy blazer with fake roses, and a black corset with feathers. Katy Perry also had a fake image circulating. | Billie Eilish and Katy Perry | Image | WJBR.com |
| May 19, 2025 | Law&Crime is using generative AI to recreate Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial proceedings due to a courtroom camera ban. The AI-generated videos are based on official court transcripts and depict the words spoken by witnesses, investigators, and legal figures. Concerns have been raised about the potential misrepresentation of jurors and the resemblance of AI-generated faces to real individuals. | Sean "Diddy" Combs | Video | PetaPixel |
| May 19, 2025 | Law&Crime is recreating Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial with generative AI due to the courtroom camera ban. They are releasing AI-generated video recreations of the trial based entirely on official court transcripts. The recreated testimony and trial highlights will be available on Law&Crime’s YouTube channel. Some legal experts have raised concerns about showing jurors in the AI videos. | Sean "Diddy" Combs trial | Video | PetaPixel |
| May 19, 2025 | 50 Cent shared a fake AI-generated video on Instagram showing Diddy riding pillion on a motorcycle driven by Jeffrey Epstein. This was done to troll Diddy amidst his sex trafficking trial. | Sean 'Diddy' Combs | Video | The Mirror US |
| May 19, 2025 | Snapchat refused for nearly a year to remove an AI-generated “deepfake” of the then 14-year-old Elliston Berry. | Elliston Berry | Image | PBS |
| May 19, 2025 | An AI-generated image was created depicting a monument of Rodrigo Duterte. AI detection tools indicate a high likelihood of AI generation and face manipulation within the image. | Rodrigo Duterte | Image | Rappler |
| May 19, 2025 | Cybercriminals are using AI-generated voice messages, impersonating senior US officials, in smishing campaigns to get the target to click on malicious links to access personal accounts. A similar cybercrime involved malicious actors pretending to be US government officials in calls with Middle Eastern students in the US with valid visas. | Current and former senior US federal and state employees, and their contacts | Audio | PCMag |
| May 19, 2025 | An AI-generated deepfake of Elliston Berry, a 14-year-old, was circulated on Snapchat and was not removed for almost a year, inspiring the Take It Down Act. | Elliston Berry | Image | Bergen Record |
| May 19, 2025 | Dhruv Rathee created a video featuring AI-generated images of Guru Gobind Singh and his sons, leading to demands for its removal by SGPC and SAD. | Guru Gobind Singh and his four sons (Sahibzadas) | Image Video | Deccan Herald |
| May 19, 2025 | Attackers use smishing texts and AI-generated vishing voice messages to harvest credentials and take over accounts. Compromised accounts can be used to reach additional officials. | current or former federal and state officials and their contacts | Audio | Gov1 |
| May 19, 2025 | Deepfakes are being used to impersonate well-known personalities and company executives to trick people into handing over money or personal information. Examples include fake celebrity endorsements of investment scams, impersonation of executives in video calls, and misinformation campaigns. A fake video of Raymond Ackerman promoting a money-doubling scheme linked to Pick n Pay appeared online. Scams using altered footage of Elon Musk and other public figures have also circulated. | Raymond Ackerman, Elon Musk, Pick n Pay, Old Mutual Customers | Video | IT News Africa |
| May 19, 2025 | A video of Donald Trump playing piano and guitar was created using AI and shared on Truth Social and X/Twitter. The video depicted him playing 'Don't Stop Believin' by Journey. | Donald Trump | Video | Indy100 |
| May 19, 2025 | AI-generated deepfake videos, images, and messages purporting to depict the new pontiff. These media fabrications present the pope delivering messages he never said, sometimes even in his own voice. For example, a YouTube video entitled, “POPES WAKEUP URGENT CALL TO ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS || POPE LEO XIV SPEECH,” posted on a channel called “Pope Leo XIV Sermons,” delivers a fiery 42-minute exhortation about the end times in an AI-generated voice based on that of Pope Leo. | Pope Leo XIV | Video Image Audio | Where Peter Is |
| May 19, 2025 | Relatives of Christopher Pelkey created an AI-generated video of him to appear as if he was addressing the court during the sentencing hearing of Gabriel Horcasitas, who was convicted of manslaughter in Pelkey's death. The video used a script written by Pelkey's sister, an image of his face, and a voice to mimic his. The defense attorney is appealing the sentence, arguing that the use of the AI video was inappropriate. | Gabriel Horcasitas | Video | Inquirer.com |
| May 19, 2025 | Elliston Berry was the victim of a nude deepfake that wasn’t removed from Snapchat until Cruz’s Senate office stepped in. Berry was 14 when the deepfake was created. | Elliston Berry | Image | USA Today |
| May 19, 2025 | Deepfakes have been used to create videos of Taylor Swift to promote fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes. Voice-based deepfake attacks target corporations. AI-generated scams are using the voices of family members to ask for money. | Taylor Swift, corporations, individuals | Video Audio Image | ITWeb |
| May 19, 2025 | A woman named Beth Hyland was scammed by an online scam artist posing as a French man named Richard. The scam artist used deepfake videos on Skype calls and posted photos of another man to deceive the victim. | Beth Hyland | Video Image | The Japan Times |
| May 19, 2025 | Spotify podcasts used AI-generated voices to promote illegal online pharmacies, selling controlled substances like Adderall and Xanax. The podcasts, discoverable through common search terms, linked users to dubious pharmacy websites. Spotify removed 26 podcasts after being flagged, but new violations continued to surface. | Spotify users | Audio | Storyboard18 |
| May 18, 2025 | AI-powered Darth Vader character in Fortnite used James Earl Jones' voice to swear at players. Epic Games implemented a fix to prevent future occurrences. | James Earl Jones (posthumously) / Darth Vader character | Audio | Business Insider |
| May 18, 2025 | The segment discusses the Take It Down Act and its implications for deepfake pornography and revenge porn. It mentions the takedown of the website Mr. Deepfakes, which created hyper-realistic deepfake pornography using images and faces, impacting millions of women. The site had 18 million users at its peak. The person behind the website was confronted and was living a double life. | Potentially Millions of Women | Image Video | PBS |
| May 18, 2025 | Deepfake videos were created to falsely depict Mauricio Macri encouraging people to vote for Manuel Adorni and Silvia Lospennato stepping down and calling to vote for Adorni during the Buenos Aires City legislative elections. Macri accused people from La Libertad Avanza (LLA) of publishing it. | Mauricio Macri and Silvia Lospennato | Video | Buenos Aires Herald |
| May 18, 2025 | Malicious actors are using AI-generated voice memos combined with deceptive text messages (smishing and vishing) to impersonate senior US officials. The goal is to build trust and gain access to personal accounts, potentially leading to further compromises and information theft. They send malicious links to steal login credentials or install malware. | Current and former senior US federal or state government officials and their contacts | Audio | Hackread |
| May 18, 2025 | AI-generated video of Donald Trump playing piano and guitar to 'Don't Stop Believin' by Journey, shared on TikTok and Twitter. The video features Trump in different musical scenarios, including playing drums and wearing American-themed attire. | Donald Trump | Video | UNILAD |
| May 18, 2025 | Pornographic, AI-generated pictures of Taylor Swift flooded social media platform X, causing it to temporarily block searches for her name. | Taylor Swift | Image | Behavioral Scientist |
| May 18, 2025 | An AI-generated deepfake video depicts Jeff Kitner, a Dallas City Council candidate, saying words and engaging in activities like riding a rollercoaster and wearing dirty clothes. The video was created by a supporter of his opponent. | Jeff Kitner | Video | WFAA |
| May 18, 2025 | An AI-generated deepfake video depicts Jeff Kitner, a candidate in a Dallas City Council runoff, in a negative and satirical manner. The video was created by a supporter of his opponent and shows Kitner saying words (using some real audio) while riding a rollercoaster, drinking coffee, and wearing dirty clothes. | Jeff Kitner | Video | WFAA |
| May 17, 2025 | Hackers are using AI-generated voice messages to impersonate individuals and target senior U.S. officials and their contacts. The hackers try to establish rapport before gaining access to personal accounts. | Current or former senior U.S. federal and state government officials as well as their contacts | Audio | Scripps News |
| May 17, 2025 | Hackers are using AI-generated voice messages to impersonate senior U.S. officials to establish rapport before gaining access to personal accounts. The FBI advises caution, looking for imperfections in images/videos, and careful examination of contact information. | Current or former senior U.S. federal and state government officials as well as their contacts | Audio | Scripps News |
| May 17, 2025 | Grok chatbot was manipulated to generate false claims of 'white genocide' in South Africa, reflecting political biases of Elon Musk. The system prompts were modified without authorization to influence the AI's responses, which violates 'internal policies and core values'. | Public trust in AI; potentially South African farmers | CNBC | |
| May 17, 2025 | Deepfake videos and audio featuring Ibrahim Traore, the military leader of Burkina Faso, are being used to portray him as a pan-African hero and spread misinformation. These deepfakes include music videos featuring celebrities like Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, and Rihanna alongside Traore. Some videos mimic news reports with false claims about Traore and his government. A network of Facebook accounts amplified false claims about Russian support for Traore after allegations were made in the US Senate. | Ibrahim Traore | Video Audio | BBC |
| May 16, 2025 | Cyber campaign using AI-generated voice and text messages to impersonate senior U.S. government officials to deceive victims into giving up sensitive personal information and account access. Attackers use smishing and vishing, spoofed numbers, AI voices, and personal photos pulled from public sources. Once trust is established, they urge the victim to switch to another platform that may contain malware or direct them to fake login pages to steal credentials. | Senior U.S. government officials and their associates | Audio | Interesting Engineering |
| May 16, 2025 | Attackers are using AI-generated voice and text messages to impersonate senior U.S. government officials. The scheme involves smishing and vishing to trick victims into clicking on links or entering personal details on fraudulent sites. The messages often appear to come from high-level U.S. officials, with AI-generated audio mimicking known public figures or trusted contacts. | Senior U.S. government officials, current and former federal and state officials, and their associates. | Audio | Interesting Engineering |
| May 16, 2025 | Law firms representing former Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey used AI to generate legal citations in a lawsuit against State Farm, submitting briefs with false, inaccurate, and misleading legal citations. Approximately nine of 27 citations in a ten-page brief were incorrect, with at least two authorities cited not existing and several quotes being misattributed. The law firms, K&L Gates and Ellis George LLP, were sanctioned and ordered to pay $31,100. | Judge Michael Wilner | Latin Times | |
| May 16, 2025 | AI-voiced Darth Vader in Fortnite used profanity due to an AI voice implementation error. A Twitch streamer's conversation triggered Vader to repeat vulgar words. Epic Games released a hotfix to address the issue. | Loserfruit (Twitch Streamer), Fortnite Players | Audio | Ars Technica |
| May 16, 2025 | The FBI has issued a warning about an ongoing campaign using AI to impersonate senior U.S. officials through voice and text messages. This scheme involves 'smishing' and 'vishing' attacks, designed to trick targets into giving up personal information. Attackers are sending AI-generated voice messages claiming to be from high-ranking government figures to build trust before requesting a move to another platform where they can send malicious links or request sensitive data. | U.S. federal or state government officials, as well as their contacts. | Audio | Straight Arrow News |
| May 16, 2025 | Malicious actors impersonate senior U.S. officials using malicious text messages and AI-generated voice messages (voice cloning). These messages target current and former federal and state officials to establish a rapport and gain access to personal accounts, information, or funds. The use of AI-based voice cloning surged by 442% between the first half and the second half of 2024. | Senior U.S. officials; current and former federal and state officials | Audio | Cybersecurity Dive |
| May 16, 2025 | The FBI is warning about a threat campaign where malicious actors are impersonating senior U.S. officials using malicious text messages and AI-generated voice messages to build rapport and potentially gain access to personal accounts, which can lead to more information or funds. CrowdStrike reported a 442% surge in AI-based voice cloning between the first and second halves of 2024. | Senior U.S. officials | Audio | Cybersecurity Dive |
| May 16, 2025 | Scammers are impersonating a senior US official using faked audio. They send malicious links disguised as transitions to other messaging platforms. After gaining access they contact a specific target pretending to be the official and use an attached voice message to prove their identity. | Targeted individuals | Audio | PCWorld |
| May 16, 2025 | Cybercriminals are impersonating senior US officials in smishing and vishing attacks using deepfake and generative AI to create credible audio and text messages. They attempt to move victims to secondary messaging platforms. | Senior US federal and state government officials | Audio | TechRadar |
| May 16, 2025 | Fortnite used AI to recreate James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice using Google’s Gemini 2.0 and ElevenLabs’ Flash v2.5 models. Players exploited the AI to make Vader say inappropriate words, but Epic Games patched the AI to prevent swearing. | Darth Vader character in Fortnite | Audio | Gizmodo |
| May 16, 2025 | A short film showed each of the European leaders as a baby saying “Welcome to Albania” in their native language. | European leaders at the European Political Community in Tirana, Albania | Video | politico.eu |
| May 16, 2025 | Malicious actors have impersonated senior US officials to target individuals, many of whom are current or former senior US federal or state government officials and their contacts. The cybercriminals send text and AI-generated voice messages to establish trust with targets. Perpetrators send targeted individuals a malicious link to gain access to personal and official accounts. Once access is obtained, it can be leveraged to target other government officials, their associates, or other contacts. | US officials | Audio | Tech Monitor |
| May 16, 2025 | FBI warns of AI-generated audio deepfakes used in phishing attacks targeting US officials. Perpetrators impersonate senior officials via 'smishing' (text) and 'vishing' (voice) to establish trust, then send malicious links to gain access to accounts. Information gathered can be used to target other officials or extract information/funds. | US officials | Audio | Tech Monitor |
| May 16, 2025 | A video was circulated on social media platforms depicting Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, conceding defeat to India in an ongoing conflict and lamenting Pakistan's international isolation. The audio in the video was determined to be AI-generated after analysis by the Deepfake Analysis Unit (DAU). They used AI detection tools Hiya, Deepfake-O-Meter, Hive, and ElevenLabs Classifier. | Shahbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan | Video Audio | Vishvas News |
| May 16, 2025 | Malicious actors impersonated senior US officials using AI-generated voice messages (vishing) and SMS messages (smishing) to gain unauthorized access to personal or official accounts. They tricked victims into clicking malicious links to switch messaging platforms. The attacks have been ongoing since at least April 2025. | US federal or state government officials | Audio | Infosecurity Magazine |
| May 16, 2025 | Malicious actors impersonated senior US officials in AI-powered SMS and voice phishing schemes (smishing and vishing). They sent text messages and AI-generated voice messages, attempting to gain unauthorized access to personal or official accounts by tricking victims into clicking malicious links to switch messaging platforms. Once accessed, they use contact information to target other officials and associates for sensitive information or financial resources. | Senior US federal or state government officials and their contacts | Audio | Infosecurity Magazine |
| May 16, 2025 | Hackers are using AI voice clips and text messages to impersonate senior US officials. The goal is to breach personal accounts of government personnel by building trust and redirecting them to external platforms to harvest login credentials. Stolen data is used to access other government officials or their contacts to elicit sensitive information or financial resources. | US Federal and State Government Personnel | Audio | The Express Tribune |
| May 16, 2025 | Hackers are using AI voice clones to impersonate US government officials to gain access to personal accounts. In another instance, a Ferrari executive stymied a similar attack by asking about a book recommended by the person being impersonated. British engineering company Arup paid out $25 million to scammers who set up a false video call meeting to trick an employee. A British energy firm was targeted using AI-generated calls to a cost of more than £200,000. | US Government Officials, Ferrari executive, British engineering company Arup, British energy firm | Audio Video | IT Pro |
| May 16, 2025 | Hackers impersonated senior US officials using AI-generated voice messages to try to break into online accounts. They sent texts and voice messages to targets since April to build rapport. The goal remains unclear. | US federal and state government officials | Audio | WION |
| May 16, 2025 | In 2020, a bank manager in Hong Kong was tricked into transferring $35 million after receiving a phone call from someone he believed to be a company director. The fraudster used AI-based voice cloning to perfectly mimic the executive’s voice, and backed up the request with convincing emails and documentation. | Bank manager in Hong Kong | Audio | Help Net Security |
| May 16, 2025 | AI-generated images of Billie Eilish were created depicting her at the 2025 Met Gala. Billie Eilish confirmed that she did not attend the event and the images were fake. She was performing in Amsterdam on the same day. | Billie Eilish | Image | Just Jared |
| May 15, 2025 | Malicious actors are impersonating senior U.S. officials using AI-generated voice memos (vishing) and text messages (smishing) to establish rapport, gain access to personal accounts through malicious links, and target other officials or their associates using stolen information. The goal is to elicit information or funds. | Current and former senior U.S. federal or state government officials and their contacts | Audio | CNBC |
| May 15, 2025 | Jack Gillard, 25, was found in possession of AI generated images of child abuse depicting young girls being raped by adult men. | Children | Image | Wales Online |
| May 15, 2025 | Seth Herrera, an El Paso soldier, was indicted for using AI chatbots to generate CSAM using images and videos of children he knew. He allegedly took images and videos of those children undressing in his home and used them to generate the CSAM. | Children known to Seth Herrera | Image Video | KEYE |
| May 15, 2025 | AI-generated deepfakes falsely placed Billie Eilish and Katy Perry at the Met Gala. Billie Eilish debunked the AI image on Instagram, stating she was in Amsterdam for shows. Perry also addressed AI images of her, clarifying her absence due to her tour. | Billie Eilish and Katy Perry | Image | Billboard |
| May 15, 2025 | Beth Hyland was scammed by an online persona named 'Richard' who used deepfake video calls on Skype. 'Richard' used manipulated video or audio to look and sound real. Beth sent 'Richard' $26,000. | Beth Hyland | Video | Context News |
| May 15, 2025 | An AI-generated video featuring the likeness and voice of Christopher Pelkey, a murder victim, was used to deliver a victim impact statement at the sentencing hearing of his killer, Gabriel Paul Horcasitas. The victim's sister scripted the statement. The AI-Pelkey expressed forgiveness towards Horcasitas, who was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison. | Gabriel Paul Horcasitas | Video Audio | The Jerusalem Post |
| May 15, 2025 | A deepfake video of Colonel Sofia Qureshi was created where she is made to say, “I am a Muslim, but not a Pakistani. I am a Muslim, but not a terrorist.” The video was shared by Pakistani users. Fact checking using DeepFake-o-Meter confirmed it to be a deepfake. | Colonel Sofia Qureshi | Video | DFRAC |
| May 15, 2025 | Deepfake videos of PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were circulated with misleading claims by Pakistani users. The videos were created using AI tools for propaganda purposes, falsely claiming that these leaders have publicly accepted defeat after Indian air strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan and PoK. Analysis revealed unnatural lip movements and AI-generated audio tracks. | PM Modi, Amit Shah, S Jaishankar | Video Audio | Vishvas News |
| May 14, 2025 | Students are using AI deepfake porn tools to create a naked image of a female classmate for bullying purposes. | Classmates, specifically a female student | Image | CTV News |
| May 14, 2025 | An AI-generated image of Alabama's underwater forest was posted on Facebook and shared by the City of Orange Beach account without disclosing its AI origin. The image was presented as real, which caused concern and damaged efforts to create an ecotourism economy. | Efforts to create ecotourism economy around the underwater forest. | Image | Gulf Coast Media |
| May 14, 2025 | Kristi George and her daughter were victims of AI-generated "revenge porn". This incident led to House Bill 2299 A, which aims to criminalize the dissemination of pornographic or sexually explicit images generated through artificial intelligence in Oregon. The bill modifies the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image to include digitally created, manipulated, or altered images. | Kristi George and her daughter | Image | KATU | May 14, 2025 | AI-generated biographies of Canadian political figures, including Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, and Chrystia Freeland, have appeared on Amazon. These books contain errors, misleading information, and nonsensical content, potentially diluting search results and harming authors' market share. The books are often cheaper than legitimate titles, potentially deceiving bargain hunters. | Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, Chrystia Freeland | The Globe and Mail |
| May 14, 2025 | AI-generated images posted on Facebook falsely claimed Alvin Kamara had a child with his girlfriend. The images showed Kamara and a woman holding a baby in a hospital bed and included a 'Meta AI' watermark. The post went viral in a Saints Facebook fan group. | Alvin Kamara | Image | NOLA.com |
| May 14, 2025 | Saudi TV channel Al Arabiya is accused of using AI to manipulate a video of Donald Trump meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, showing Trump drinking coffee when he allegedly didn't in the original footage. The claim suggests this was done to avoid a diplomatic faux pas, as refusing coffee is considered disrespectful in Saudi culture. However, the claim is unverified. | Donald Trump | Video | Newsweek |
| May 14, 2025 | An AI avatar of Chris Pelkey, a murder victim, was created by his sister to deliver a victim impact statement in court, offering forgiveness to his killer. This is reported to be the first admittance of an AI-generated victim impact statement in a US court. | Chris Pelkey's killer | Video | WRVO Public Media |
| May 14, 2025 | Jamie Lee Curtis called out Meta after an AI ad used her image in a deepfake endorsement. The ad was removed after she tagged Mark Zuckerberg. | Jamie Lee Curtis, Meta (indirectly) | Image | Komando.com |
| May 14, 2025 | An AI-generated song and music video falsely attributed to R. Kelly was created to glorify Ibrahim Traore, the leader of Burkina Faso. The video, which contains visual inconsistencies typical of AI-generated content, was published on YouTube with a disclaimer indicating it was digitally generated. | Ibrahim Traore | Audio Video | Yahoo |
| May 14, 2025 | An AI-generated video was created using a genuine photo of Lee Jae-myung to depict him 'faking' his hunger strike. The video includes inconsistencies typical of AI generation, such as disappearing objects and visual elements that change throughout. It was shared on Facebook with captions suggesting Lee was pretending to work and fast. | Lee Jae-myung, South Korean presidential frontrunner | Video | Yahoo |
| May 14, 2025 | An AI avatar of Chris Pelkey, a murder victim, was created by his sister to address his killer in court. The AI-generated video served as a victim impact statement, offering forgiveness to the killer. This is potentially the first admittance of an AI-generated victim impact statement in a US court. | Killer of Chris Pelkey | Video | NPR |
| May 13, 2025 | A Lackawanna County woman, Sandra Rogers, was charged with possessing AI-generated child sex abuse images on her cellphone. The images were created via prompts to an AI image generator. Rogers faces three felony counts and was released on $150,000 unsecured bail. | Young Children | Image | WNEP |
| May 13, 2025 | AI-generated videos depict Jasmine Crockett in fictional confrontations with various media figures, often with exaggerated and sensationalized outcomes. The videos are created using AI tools to generate scripts, thumbnails, and video content, and are often posted on YouTube with titles designed to attract views. | Jasmine Crockett | Video | Lifehacker |
| May 13, 2025 | Scammers used AI voice-cloning technology to impersonate Steve's parents and demanded money. Steve transferred $750 to a Venmo account before realizing it was a deepfake. | Steve's parents | Audio | Tech Policy Press |
| May 13, 2025 | A deepfake video was created using Jamie Lee Curtis's likeness without her permission to promote a product. The video used images from a previous interview and put words in her mouth. The video was posted on Instagram and Facebook and has since been removed. | Jamie Lee Curtis | Video Image | MovieWeb |
| May 13, 2025 | An AI-generated video of Chris Pelkey, a road rage victim, was created using his picture and voice profile to deliver a victim impact statement at the sentencing of his killer, Gabriel Horcacitas. Chris's sister helped create the video expressing what she believed Chris would have said. | Gabriel Horcacitas | Video Audio | FOX 10 Phoenix |
| May 12, 2025 | An AI-generated video features a baby character dressed like Judge Judy, speaking with her exact voice, cadence, phraseology, and substance, discussing topics like parole officers and drunken people while sitting at a judicial desk. The AI uses Judge Judy's likeness and voice without her consent. | Judge Judy Sheindlin | Video Audio | New York Post |
| May 12, 2025 | Nicole Yelland was targeted in a job scam where scammers impersonated a real company and hiring manager. During a video interview (Microsoft Teams) the scammers refused to turn on their cameras and asked for personal information. Daniel Goldman mentions a prominent figure in crypto was convincingly deepfaked on a video call. Researchers are facing issues with fraudster participants in virtual surveys. | Nicole Yelland and other job seekers, Research participants | Video Audio | WIRED |
| May 12, 2025 | AI deepfakes are used to promote bogus sexual cures and supplements, impersonating celebrities and experts to endorse products with unverified claims. Examples include a deepfake of Anthony Fauci promoting a prostate supplement and deepfakes of celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger promoting erectile dysfunction cures. | Anthony Fauci, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mike Tyson, Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro | Video Audio | Tech Xplore |
| May 12, 2025 | Instagram accounts are using AI-generated images, allegedly run by sex workers, to share stories related to illegal prostitution. The accounts post comic-like illustrations depicting the working environments of sex workers, gaining significant traction and followers. This raises concerns about promoting prostitution, which is illegal in South Korea, and violates Meta's community guidelines. | Sex workers in South Korea | Image | The Korea Herald |
| May 11, 2025 | MrDeepFakes.com hosted tens of thousands of non-consensual, AI-generated pornographic deepfake videos and images of celebrities, politicians, social media influencers and private citizens. The content included graphic strangulation scenes, group sex, and masturbation videos. The site had over 650,000 users and garnered more than two billion views since 2018 before being shut down after CBC News contacted a key person behind the site. | Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Michael Bublé, Sarah Z, and other celebrities, politicians, social media influencers and private citizens | Image Video | CBC |
| May 10, 2025 | A malware campaign uses fake AI-powered video generation tools advertised on Facebook to distribute the Noodlophile information-stealing malware. Victims upload files to malicious websites, receive a ZIP archive containing a disguised executable, and upon execution, the malware steals credentials, cookies, tokens, and cryptocurrency wallet files, exfiltrating the data via a Telegram bot. | Users seeking AI video generation tools | Video | BleepingComputer |
| May 09, 2025 | An AI-generated avatar of Christopher Pelkey, created by his family, addressed his killer, Gabriel Paul Horcasitas, in court during sentencing. The avatar delivered a scripted message. The family created the video to humanize the victim for the judge and convey the impact of his death. The video was allowed because it was not presented as evidence. | Gabriel Paul Horcasitas | Video | Reuters |
| May 09, 2025 | An AI-generated version of the victim, Christopher Pelkey, was created using his face, body, and voice. This AI version 'spoke' at the sentencing hearing of his killer, Gabriel Paul Horcasitas, appearing to ask the judge for leniency. The AI was created by the victim's family. | Gabriel Paul Horcasitas (defendant in the case) | Video Audio | NBC News |
| May 09, 2025 | Family of Christopher Pelkey, a murder victim, used an AI-generated video of him to deliver an impact statement at the sentencing of his killer, Gabriel Paul Horcasitas. The video was created by Pelkey's sister, Stacey Wales, using his likeness and voice, in which the AI-generated Pelkey addressed Horcasitas and offered forgiveness. Horcasitas's attorney argued he was not given advanced notice about the video. He has filed a notice of appeal, contending the use of the AI-generated video. | Gabriel Paul Horcasitas | Video Audio | ABC News |
| May 09, 2025 | An AI-generated video was created using the likeness and voice of murder victim Christopher Pelkey. The video was presented in court during the sentencing of his killer, Gabriel Paul Horcasitas. The AI-generated Pelkey spoke to Horcasitas and expressed forgiveness. The defense attorney argued he was not given advanced notice and that the video presented a "kinder, more gentle" version of the victim. | Gabriel Paul Horcasitas | Video Audio | ABC News |
| May 09, 2025 | Stacey Wales created an AI-generated video of her deceased brother, Christopher Pelkey, to deliver a victim impact statement at his killer's sentencing hearing. The video used Pelkey's likeness and voice to read a statement written by Wales. | Gabriel Paul Horcasitas | Video | CNN |
| May 08, 2025 | Family of Christopher Pelkey used AI to generate a video of him, using his likeness, to deliver a victim impact statement at the sentencing of his killer, Gabriel Paul Horcasitas. The AI video addressed Horcasitas directly, expressing forgiveness. | Gabriel Paul Horcasitas | Video | AP News |
| May 08, 2025 | AI-generated recruiter avatar glitches during a job interview, repeating 'vertical bar pilates' multiple times. | Ken (@its_ken04) | Video | 404 Media |
| May 08, 2025 | An AI-generated image depicting Donald Trump as the Pope was posted on his Truth Social account and the White House's X account. The image was criticized as offensive by Catholics and others. | The Catholic Church | Image | MSNBC News |
| May 08, 2025 | A deceased manslaughter victim, Christopher Pelkey, was reanimated as an AI-generated video to speak at his killer’s sentencing. The deepfake, using his likeness and voice, presented a script prepared by his family. This impact statement was shown during sentencing, and the judge imposed a sentence one-year longer than prosecutors requested. | Christopher Pelkey | Video Audio | Above the Law |
| May 07, 2025 | An AI-generated image depicting Donald Trump dressed as the Pope was shared on his social media accounts, agitating Catholics, especially as it coincided with mourning for Pope Francis. Trump denied posting the image, suggesting it might be AI-generated and dismissing criticism, while Catholics, including Cardinal Dolan, expressed offense. | Donald Trump, Catholics | Image | The New York Times |
| May 07, 2025 | A deepfake video of Accenture CEO Julie Sweet was used in an attempt to defraud the company. The deepfake 'Julie' appeared on a video call with the company's finance head, instructing them to transfer funds in response to an urgent request from a supposed attorney (who was off-camera). The CFO recognized the scam and validated the request, preventing the transfer of funds. | Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture | Video | Computing UK |
| May 06, 2025 | AI-generated images circulated on social media depicting Katy Perry at the Met Gala in both 2024 and 2025, despite her not attending. The images fooled fans and even her own mother. The AI-generated images featured her in dresses appropriate for the Met Gala themes of those years. | Katy Perry | Image | Billboard |
| May 06, 2025 | AI-generated images of Katy Perry at the Met Gala fooled many people, including her mom, in 2024 and again in 2025, even though she did not attend the event. This incident involved deepfake photos that were realistic enough to deceive individuals, highlighting the potential of AI to create convincing fake content. | Katy Perry | Image | Rolling Stone |
| May 06, 2025 | AI-generated video compilation shared online as authentic footage of wildfires in Israel. The video was initially shared in January as AI-generated representation of fires that can cause global warming and was falsely presented as authentic footage of Los Angeles wildfires. Experts confirmed the video was AI-generated, pointing out unrealistic-looking fire and smoke, warped power lines, flames merging into palm trees and inconsistent smoke clouds. | Israel | Video | Reuters |
| May 05, 2025 | The Mr. Deepfakes platform hosted 43,000 deepfake videos viewed over 1.5 billion times. These videos were generated by nearly 4,000 creators who profited from the unethical and illegal sales of non-consensual intimate imagery. The platform was shut down after a critical service provider terminated its service, potentially due to the newly passed Take It Down Act, which makes creating and distributing non-consensual intimate imagery illegal. | Celebrities and other targets appearing in non-consensual pornographic videos | Video | Ars Technica |
| May 05, 2025 | Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope, drawing criticism for mockery. | Pope Francis, Catholic Church | Image | FOX 5 New York |
| May 05, 2025 | AI-generated image of Donald Trump as a Sith Lord with a red lightsaber posted by the White House to social media. | Donald Trump | Image | Indy100 |
| May 04, 2025 | AI-authored books about ADHD, likely created by chatbots like ChatGPT, are being sold on Amazon. These books contain misinformation, harmful advice, and inaccuracies. The books are marketed as expert guides but lack proper qualifications and contain AI-generated content. | People seeking information and techniques to manage ADHD, specifically adult men with ADHD. Richard Wordsworth is specifically mentioned as being affected by the books. | The Guardian | |
| May 02, 2025 | AI-generated cartoon videos with gore and fetish content, reminiscent of Elsagate, are appearing on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app. These videos often depict children's characters in perilous, sexual, and abusive situations, or kittens being abused. They are being created rapidly and in large volumes using generative AI to circumvent YouTube's algorithms and monetize the content. YouTube has terminated some channels and removed videos, but new ones quickly reappear. | Children (YouTube Kids app users) | Video | WIRED |
| May 02, 2025 | A teenage boy was suspended from St Ignatius' College in Adelaide after creating and disseminating a deepfake image of a teacher. The nature of the deepfake is not explicitly stated as sexually explicit, but the school is investigating and supporting the staff member involved. The incident led to a police contact but no official report at the time of the article. The incident is mentioned in the context of new legislation criminalizing deepfakes. | A teacher at St Ignatius' College | Image | Daily Mail |
| May 01, 2025 | BBC Maestro launched a writing course 'taught' by a recreated Agatha Christie using an actress and AI, drawing from her works. Critics labeled it a 'deepfake,' though the Christie estate and BBC deny this, citing their collaboration and ethical approach. The course aims to distill Christie's craft using her own words. | Agatha Christie (posthumously) | Video | Mashable |
| Apr 30, 2025 | AI was used to generate approximately 40% of the multiple-choice questions on the California Bar Exam in February 2025. The AI-generated questions were poorly worded and did not align with standard legal terminology, leading to a flawed assessment of the examinees' competence. | California Bar Examinees (February 2025) | Balls and Strikes | |
| Apr 30, 2025 | The Indian government is accused of using AI to generate sketches of suspects in the Pahalgam attack. The sketches appear to be AI-generated, raising suspicions that the incident was staged or exaggerated for political purposes. The images were created within minutes using AI tools, undermining the authenticity of official claims. | Pahalgam attackers (potentially falsely accused) | Image | Dunya News |
| Apr 30, 2025 | An AI-generated image depicting UK police officers kneeling in front of Muslim men circulated online. The image contains anomalies indicative of AI generation, such as distorted body proportions and errors in depiction of hands. It was shared on social media platforms like X and Facebook with a polarizing caption. | UK Police and Muslim community | Image | Full Fact |
| Apr 30, 2025 | A 17-year-old, known as 'Pandora,' extorted personal information from victims by claiming to have seen deepfake videos of them being spread on Telegram. He then requested pictures of their bodies to compare with the videos. He threatened to spread the videos and photographs, leading to more extreme levels of sexual exploitation. He created 34 instances of sexually explicit deepfakes from 19 victims. | 19 girls in their early to mid-teens | Video Image | Hankyoreh : English Edition |
| Apr 30, 2025 | The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) released two AI-generated videos depicting individuals with uncovered heads and shorn hair playing musical instruments at the sarovar (holy tank) of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. These videos were shared on the ministry’s official YouTube and social media platforms and were later removed following objections from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). | Golden Temple, Sikh community | Video | The Indian Express |
| Apr 30, 2025 | An AI-generated video of Donald Trump licking and kissing Elon Musk’s feet was displayed on monitors at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to protest Musk's actions. | Donald Trump, Elon Musk, US Department of Housing and Urban Development | Video | Medical Republic |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Images of Lucy Adams Stevenson and other girls were altered without their consent. The images were sexually explicit. The person who created the images was not arrested, but the person who shared them was. | Lucy Adams Stevenson and other girls | Image | wtsp.com |
| Apr 29, 2025 | A deepfake video showed former Congressman Mark Walker appearing to admit to lies. The original video had him saying, "Kamala Harris has done nothing as the border czar," but the deepfake changed it to: "I have been caught in so many lies. The public now knows more about me than my own family. I hope you can forgive me." | Mark Walker | Video | wfmynews2.com |
| Apr 29, 2025 | A St. George man, Jared Marsh, was arrested for possessing AI-generated child sexual abuse images. The Santa Clara-Ivins Police Department discovered the images on Marsh's cellphone and residence after responding to a report of lewdness. The images depicted juveniles in a nude state. | Juveniles | Image | KSL News |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Meta's AI bots were capable of engaging in sexually explicit audio conversations through AI versions of celebrities like John Cena and Kristen Bell. Meta banned underage accounts from accessing sexual role play with Meta AI and reducing the ability for celebrity voices to have sexual conversations. | John Cena and Kristen Bell | Audio | dailyvoice.com |
| Apr 29, 2025 | A client received a phone call that led to a social media attack which cost his company millions. The Flurp was created to help avoid similar problems. | Client's company | PCMag | |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Researchers from the University of Zurich used AI-generated comments to attempt to change the views of Reddit users on the r/changemyview subreddit. The AI took on different identities and personalized responses based on user's posting history. The experiment was conducted without the users' consent and violated subreddit rules. | Reddit users of r/changemyview | Engadget | |
| Apr 29, 2025 | The Chinese Communist Party released a propaganda video that appears to be at least partially AI-generated, criticizing Trump's tariffs and urging the world to isolate the US. The video includes footage of the Statue of Liberty and compares the trade war to a 'deadly trap.' Other anti-American videos also went viral on TikTok, ridiculing US infrastructure and comparing it unfavorably to China's. | Donald Trump Administration and the United States | Video | New York Post |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift were created and posted on X and disseminated across other social media platforms. | Taylor Swift | Image | The Independent |
| Apr 29, 2025 | A male classmate created a deepfake nude image of her and posted it on social media. | 14-year-old girl from Texas | Image | PCMag |
| Apr 29, 2025 | An AI-generated image circulated on social media falsely depicting Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl on Epstein's private island. Experts identified AI manipulation based on digital forensics, including an unnaturally elongated forearm, a distorted thumb, and background anomalies. | Donald Trump | Image | Full Fact |
| Apr 29, 2025 | An AI-generated video depicted Pope Francis in Heaven interacting with various celebrities, including some controversial figures. The video sparked outrage online and was described as 'creepy' and 'disrespectful'. | Pope Francis | Video | Daily Mail |
| Apr 29, 2025 | An AI-generated video falsely depicts President William Ruto staging a hospital visit to promote the Social Health Authority (SHA). The video was created using a 2019 image of Ruto visiting a terror attack victim. The deepfake video was posted on TikTok and attempts to portray Ruto in a negative light, suggesting the SHA launch involved a PR stunt using a patient. | William Ruto, President of Kenya | Video | Yahoo |
| Apr 29, 2025 | A Pittsboro resident mistakenly paid thousands of dollars to a scammer who posed as her grandson. | Pittsboro resident | WRAL.com | |
| Apr 28, 2025 | An AI-generated image critical of the Telangana government's plans to clear forested land was reposted by IAS officer Smita Sabharwal. The image depicted bulldozers near wildlife and was used to criticize the government's actions. The government alleged that such images were used to mislead the public and incite unrest. Smita Sabharwal was later transferred from her position. | Telangana government | Image | The South First |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Scammers clone voices of loved ones using AI to solicit money from victims, often impersonating grandchildren in distress or claiming a family member has been arrested and needs bail money. | Elderly individuals and general public | Audio | Hindustan Times |
| Apr 27, 2025 | A legal brief filed by Mike Lindell's lawyer, Christopher Kachouroff, contained approximately thirty fabricated legal citations. Kachouroff admitted that the brief was generated by a chatbot and that he failed to check the accuracy of the information before filing it with the court. Judge Wang is investigating the matter, and disciplinary proceedings may occur. | Eric Coomer, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Wang | Gizmodo | |
| Apr 27, 2025 | IAS officer Smita Sabharwal was transferred after reposting an AI-generated image on social media concerning tree cutting near Hyderabad Central University. She questioned if similar action was taken against 2,000 others who shared the same post, alleging selective targeting. | Smita Sabharwal | Image | NDTV |
| Apr 27, 2025 | Explicit deepfake images of a South Korean woman surfaced online. The incident occurred at South Korean universities and schools, where deepfake sex crimes are a concern. The victim took action after the deepfakes were published. | A South Korean woman (unnamed) | Image | CNN |
| Apr 26, 2025 | Congress is set to pass a new law that would make it a crime to publish non-consensual deepfake images. NBC News' Melanie Zanona spoke to one teenager who says the images upended her life. | Teenager | Image | NBC News |
| Apr 26, 2025 | Australian radio station CADA used an AI-generated host named Thy for a music show without disclosing it to listeners. The AI was created using voice cloning technology from ElevenLabs. Listeners suspected something was amiss, and audio analysis revealed inconsistencies, leading to the revelation of the AI host. The radio station defended its actions as exploring new technology to enhance content. | Listeners of Australian Radio Network's CADA station | Audio | The Independent |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Ruma's face was edited onto naked bodies and shared in a Telegram chat room. Kim, a teacher, had inappropriate photos of her taken in the classroom on Twitter. Her hair was made messy, and her body was altered and added onto nude photos. | Ruma, Kim, and at least 61 other victims including 12 SNU students. | Image | CNN |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Australian radio station CADA used an AI-generated voice named Thy, modeled after a real employee, without disclosing it to listeners. The AI voice was created using ElevenLabs and the show reached at least 72,000 people. The lack of transparency raised concerns about misleading listeners. | Listeners of CADA radio station | Audio | GovTech |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Deepfake videos and Photoshopped images of a Financial Times journalist were used in over 1,700 advertisements on Facebook and Instagram to promote a fraudulent investment group. The ads reached over 970,000 users in the EU alone. Meta removed some ads after being notified but the deepfakes continued to reappear. | Financial Times journalist (unnamed in article) | Video Image | Financial Times |
| Apr 25, 2025 | The article discusses voice cloning technology, its potential for misuse in scams such as family emergency scams and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, and the legal landscape surrounding voice biometrics and AI. Mentions the Drake/The Weeknd AI-generated song controversy and a lawsuit by voice actors against an AI startup. | Ordinary people, celebrities, businesses | Audio | Infosecurity Magazine |
| Apr 25, 2025 | An AI-generated image of a durian farm was posted in a Facebook group and shared outside of it, leading to speculation about illegal planters in the Raub district of Pahang, Malaysia. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) questioned the uploader and stated that the image led to negative perceptions about illegal farms. | Illegal planters in the Raub district, Pahang | Image | South China Morning Post |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Students used AI apps to generate fake nude photos of several female students at Cascade High School. The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office and Cascade Police Department are investigating. The school district has taken disciplinary action. | Female students at Cascade High School | Image | KCRG |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Students at Cascade High School used AI apps to generate fake nude photos of several female students. The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office and Cascade Police Department are investigating. The school has taken disciplinary action against the perpetrators. | Female students at Cascade High School | Image | KCRG |
| Apr 24, 2025 | The article discusses a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against the state of Minnesota regarding its deepfake election law. It mentions deepfake videos of Kamala Harris making false statements and fake images of Donald Trump being arrested. The law prohibits the dissemination of deepfakes within 90 days of an election if a reasonable person wouldn't know it was fake and it was meant to injure a candidate. | Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and potentially other candidates in Minnesota elections | Video Image | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Stephen Fry's voice recordings were used to create an AI version of his voice without his permission. This AI voice was then used to narrate a historical documentary, which Fry had no knowledge of. The AI tool could potentially be used to have Fry's voice read anything, including inappropriate content. | Stephen Fry | Audio | The Guardian |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Daniel Joseph Broadway pleaded guilty to possessing AI-generated child sexual abuse materials. He was arrested after officers found thousands of AI-generated photos and videos depicting child sexual abuse. | Children | Image Video | WBTV |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Adam Erdman was arrested for using AI photo editing software to create and share AI-generated nude images of underage children from innocent vacation photos. He emailed these images. | Underage Children | Image | NBC10 Philadelphia |
| Apr 23, 2025 | AI-generated images of dead bodies were falsely linked to the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. AI detection tools confirmed the images were highly likely AI-generated, with errors like unusual faces and ill-formed bodies. The images were intended to mislead the public about the attack. | Pahalgam terror attack victims and public perception of the attack | Image | The Quint |
| Apr 23, 2025 | A 16-year-old student edited photos of a 17-year-old into pornographic images. | 17-year-old female | Image | The Straits Times |
| Apr 23, 2025 | A health and wellness brand misused Ramya Subramanian's video with an AI-generated voiceover without her consent. She claims this is the third time her video has been misused in this way and has threatened legal action. | Ramya Subramanian | Video Audio | News18 |
| Apr 23, 2025 | A deepfake video depicting Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price kissing Alan Jones was circulated online. Experts identified inconsistencies in skin tone, distortions around the eyes, and unnatural movements as indicators of AI manipulation. The deepfake used a photo from 2019. | Jacinta Nampijinpa Price | Video | OZ Arab Media |
| Apr 22, 2025 | AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery is becoming more realistic. The IWF received 245 reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery that broke UK law in 2024 – an increase of 380% on the 51 seen in 2023. The reports equated to 7,644 images and a small number of videos. | Children | Image Video | The Guardian |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Deepfake videos of Miami Beach realtor Andres Asion were used to catfish a woman in the UK. The videos mimicked Asion's voice and appearance to create a false relationship. The woman was scammed into believing she was in a real relationship with Asion. | Andres Asion | Video | WPLG Local 10 |
| Apr 22, 2025 | AI-generated job candidates are using deepfake images and AI-generated audio during interviews. Dawid Moczadlo noticed an applicant's image looked 'off' during a Zoom call and the responses were similar to ChatGPT. Some fake profiles are linked to North Korean IT workers who have landed jobs and pose cybersecurity threats. | Companies (specifically tech companies) | Image Audio | Forbes |
| Apr 22, 2025 | AI was used to enhance the Hungarian accent of actors Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in the movie *The Brutalist*. The AI tool Respeecher was used to add Hungarian words and correct pronunciation in the actors' dialogue. This was done because Hungarian is a difficult language for native English speakers to pronounce, and traditional ADR techniques were not sufficient. The goal was to subtly enhance the actors' performances without significantly altering their voices. | Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones | Audio | The Mirror |
| Apr 22, 2025 | An AOS 47 teacher was targeted with a deepfake video. The Orrington superintendent informed parents of the malicious digital attack. The video had no basis in reality and was shared by a small group of students. The account that posted the video has been reported and taken down. The school district is offering its full support to the teacher. | AOS 47 teacher | Video | WABI |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Deepfake videos impersonating public figures and senior officials promote a fake AI-driven investment platform supposedly endorsed by SBI, promising unrealistic returns to trick people into making financial commitments. | SBI customers | Video | The Economic Times |
| Apr 22, 2025 | AI-generated nude images of at least 37 Dutch and Flemish influencers, including at least 11 minors, were created using AI undressing apps and shared on a Telegram channel. The images were created using social media images of the influencers. The Telegram channel had 2,200 members and was taken offline after an investigation. | Dutch and Flemish influencers, including at least 11 minors | Image | NL Times |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Hayne Beard was arrested for allegedly posting AI-generated pornographic photos of North Carolina State University students on a pornographic site. The photos targeted 28 sorority members and were posted on EroMe. He faces two counts of misdemeanor stalking because the new law targeting AI-generated sexualized images was not yet in effect at the time of the incident. | North Carolina State University students, specifically 28 sorority members | Image | WRAL.com |
| Apr 21, 2025 | North Korean actors are using deepfakes to get hired by US companies in IT positions. Once hired, the actors steal data including customer and client information. A 2024 DOJ lawsuit mentions an Arizona woman conspiring with foreign individuals and entities, including North Korea, to defraud U.S. companies of $6.8 million via a remote hiring scheme, which involved falsified employment eligibility forms and wage and benefits information for IT workers whose identities were stolen or borrowed from U.S. persons. | U.S. Companies | Video | HR Dive |
| Apr 21, 2025 | An AI-generated video depicting the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem was shared by far-right Israeli settlers, drawing condemnation across the Arab world. | Al-Aqsa Mosque | Video | Haaretz |
| Apr 21, 2025 | A small company lost $300,000 due to a CEO impersonation attack involving voice deepfakes. Attackers use as little as three minutes of audio to create convincing voice impersonations. | Small company | Audio | MSSP Alert |
| Apr 21, 2025 | North Korean IT workers are using real-time deepfakes during remote job interviews to impersonate other candidates and infiltrate organizations. They use cheap hardware and readily available tools to create synthetic identities. | Organizations globally seeking remote IT workers | Video | GBHackers News |
| Apr 21, 2025 | A surge in AI-generated videos related to Singapore's general election featured digitally manipulated visuals of politicians in unlikely costumes with text-to-speech voiceovers. Some videos violate a new law banning digitally generated or manipulated content that misrepresents what candidates say or do. | Lawrence Wong, Lee Hsien Loong, Chee Hong Tat, Desmond Lee, Edwin Tong, Gan Kim Yong and Heng Swee Keat | Video | The Economic Times |
| Apr 21, 2025 | AI-generated videos featuring Singaporean politicians, including Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, have surged on TikTok ahead of the general elections. The videos include AI-generated portraits and text-to-speech voiceovers, sometimes depicting politicians in unusual costumes. Some videos violate a new law banning digitally manipulated content that misrepresents candidates. Authorities are monitoring the situation and may issue corrective directions. | Lawrence Wong, Lee Hsien Loong, Chee Hong Tat, Desmond Lee, Edwin Tong, Gan Kim Yong and Heng Swee Keat | Video | The Economic Times |
| Apr 19, 2025 | A scam ring in Hong Kong used deepfakes to replace photos on lost identity cards with fraudsters' faces, bypassing bank verification checks to open accounts. They merged scammers' facial features with cardholders' appearances using deepfake technology and uploaded selfies to impersonate cardholders during online verification. 30 out of 44 applications were successful. Eight people were arrested in connection to the scam. | Hong Kong banks | Image | South China Morning Post |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Manta Network co-founder Kenny Li was targeted in a Zoom hack where attackers used pre-recorded footage to impersonate team members. The attackers attempted to trick Li into downloading malware disguised as a Zoom update. The attack is suspected to be the work of Lazarus Group. | Kenny Li | Video | CryptoNinjas |
| Apr 18, 2025 | The League, a far-right Italian political party, used AI-generated images on social media to depict men of color, often armed, attacking women or police officers. These images were presented alongside reports of crimes, falsely associating immigrants and Arabs with violence and inciting hatred. The images often featured blurred faces to mislead viewers into believing they were real. The Democratic party (PD), with the Greens and Left Alliance, filed a complaint with Agcom, the Italian communications regulatory authority, alleging the fake images used by the League contained “almost all categories of hate speech”. | Immigrants, Arabs | Image | The Guardian |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Artists are concerned about AI's ability to mimic their styles. Sarah Andersen sued three AI companies in January 2023 for copyright infringement, claiming they used her work to train AI models to create false versions of her comics. Hollie Mengert found an AI model replicating her art style in 2022. OpenAI's GPT-4o can generate images resembling artists' styles but now has a refusal trigger for living artists. | Sarah Andersen, Hollie Mengert, Studio Ghibli (Hayao Miyazaki) | Image | NBC News |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Codible Ventures LLP used AI to replicate Arijit Singh's voice without authorization for advertising, infringing on his personality rights and copyright. They uploaded 456 of Singh's songs to AI tools to allow users to convert text or audio to Singh's AI voice. | Arijit Singh | Audio | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
| Apr 17, 2025 | American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for technology from Massive Blue. The technology uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence. A presentation showed some of these AI characters, including a "radicalized AI" "protest persona," which poses as a 36-year-old divorced woman interested in baking, activism, and “body positivity.” Another AI persona is a "'Honeypot' AI Persona," a 25-year-old from Dearborn, Michigan, whose parents emigrated from Yemen. Other personas are a 14-year-old boy “child trafficking AI persona,” an “AI pimp persona,” “college protestor,” “external recruiter for protests,” “escorts,” and “juveniles.” | College Protesters, Radicalized Political Activists, Suspected Drug and Human Traffickers | Image | WIRED |
| Apr 16, 2025 | The Act Party in New Zealand used an AI-generated image titled 'Happy Maori couple sits comfortably in a cozy living light room' in an advertisement. The image was intended to depict a Māori couple and was part of a broader collection of AI-generated stock photos featuring minority couples. Although not impersonating anyone, the lecturer Olivier Jutel, saw the use of AI-generated imagery in the political arena as an affront. The party later stated they would never use the technology to impersonate a real figure. Other parties also used AI-generated images during the campaign. | Māori people | Image | Newsroom |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Google suspended 700,000 advertiser accounts due to deepfake scams, leading to a 90% drop in reports. AI was used to detect and remove fraudulent ads. Google suspended over 39 million US ad accounts suspected of fraudulent activities. Google took down 10.7 million ads from unverified accounts. | Users exposed to ads, Google | me.pcmag.com | |
| Apr 16, 2025 | A user in Bengaluru created a fake Bumble profile of a girl using AI-generated images from ChatGPT 4o. The profile received over 2750 likes within 2 hours before being shut down after 12 hours. | Bumble users | Image | Mashable India |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Four individuals in Japan were arrested for selling explicit posters featuring AI-generated images of women via online auctions. They used freely available AI software to generate explicit images and sold the posters as 'AI beauty'. They displayed censored images in online auctions but shipped uncensored versions to customers. | Women (images of women were generated) | Image | Kyodo News+ | Japan's leading news agency. |
| Apr 15, 2025 | A deepfake video was created to make it appear that Halimah Yacob was making disparaging remarks about the Singapore government. The video also replicated her voice. | Halimah Yacob | Video Audio | Malay Mail |
| Apr 14, 2025 | The urban duo Charly & Johayron are being sued for using an AI-generated image of the late Cuban reggaeton artist El Taiger during their concert in Miami. The image was intended as a tribute, but the mothers of El Taiger's daughters claim the image was used without authorization, violating the artist's image rights. | El Taiger (posthumously) | Image | CiberCuba |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Luke A. Teipel, 22, is charged with 33 felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, including artificially-generated images. He possessed more than two dozen files of A.I. child sexual abuse material. The investigation was proactive. This is the first case using the new AI law to prosecute. | Children | Image | FOX 29 Philadelphia |
| Apr 14, 2025 | AI-generated video on Facebook impersonates Nigerian influencer Aproko Doctor and actor Taiwo Ajai-Lycett promoting a nonexistent hypertension cure. The voices sound machine-generated with unnatural pauses and are out of sync with mouth movements. | Taiwo Ajai-Lycett and Aproko Doctor | Video | Africa Check |
| Apr 14, 2025 | AI-generated images of El Taiger were used without authorization during a concert of Charly y Johayron in Miami. The creator of the images, Mauriel López, claims it was an artistic tribute done without compensation, but legal action has been threatened due to the unauthorized use of the artist's image. | El Taiger | Image | CiberCuba |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Cybercriminals are using AI-generated audio to impersonate tax preparers, accountants, or the IRS to trick taxpayers into sending them financial documents or to intercept funds. They use previously stolen personal information to lend credence to the scam. Attackers are replicating voices to deceive victims over the phone and are offering to help victims create IRS online accounts, prompting them to hand over sensitive financial information. | Taxpayers, tax preparers, accountants, IRS | Audio | The Record from Recorded Future News |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Job candidates are using deepfake AI to hide their true appearance during video interviews. In one specific incident, a job candidate's screen glitched during an interview, revealing the deepfake. The candidate ignored a request to test the filter. A survey found that 17% of hiring managers have encountered candidates using deepfake technology. Another executive found about 100 fake identities in 827 applications for a software developer job. | Data security software company and other companies looking to hire people | Video | Yahoo |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Criminals cloned a CEO's voice from YouTube earnings call recordings and used it to trick a financial controller into transferring $200,000 for a fake acquisition. | A company's financial controller | Audio | Analytics Insight |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Crosswalk signals in Peninsula cities were hacked to play AI-generated audio messages impersonating Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The messages included Musk welcoming people to Palo Alto and discussing Cybertrucks, and Zuckerberg acknowledging the use of AI and making a sarcastic statement about stopping it. A dozen intersections in Palo Alto were affected, leading to the audible feature being disabled. | Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the cities of Menlo Park, Redwood City, and Palo Alto | Audio | CBS News |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Deepfake videos targeting major candidates are spreading rapidly on social media, raising concerns the content could undermine the integrity of their campaigns. One viral video, viewed nearly 1.4 million times, shows Yoon appearing to pull off Han’s wig. Another depicts Lee in a detention cell. | Lee Jae-myung, Han Dong-hoon, Ahn Cheol-soo, Yoon | Video | The Korea Herald |
| Apr 14, 2025 | A short drama titled "Ni Qi" used AI to replace their original actor's face with Dilraba Dilmurat's face, causing fans to claim infringement. The platform manager stated they have initiated the process to delete scenes involving the actress' image. | Dilraba Dilmurat | Video | Yahoo Life Singapore |
| Apr 13, 2025 | CBC News tested ChatGPT's image generation capabilities and found that it was possible to create fake images of politicians like Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, and Narendra Modi, even though OpenAI has rules against manipulating images of real people without their consent. The chatbot suggested workarounds to evade restrictions. For example, CBC was able to generate fake images of Carney and Pollievre appearing in friendly scenarios with a criminal and controversial political figures. They were also able to create a fake image of Carney standing at a dais with a fake 'Carbon Tax 2026' sign behind him. | Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, Narendra Modi | Image | CBC |
| Apr 12, 2025 | AI-generated obscene images of students, some as young as 12 or 13, were created and circulated. The incident highlights the need for better digital safety measures in schools, as victims' initial reports to school authorities were not taken seriously. | 38 students in Johor, Malaysia | Image | Malay Mail |
| Apr 12, 2025 | Scammers are using AI voice cloning to impersonate trusted institutions, fueling a dramatic spike in fraudulent phone calls across the Netherlands. They impersonate support staff from major companies such as Microsoft or Netflix or pose as bank employees or payment service agents to gain access to victims’ accounts. | Thousands of people in the Netherlands | Audio | NL Times |
| Apr 12, 2025 | Scammers are using AI voice cloning to impersonate trusted institutions, fueling a dramatic spike in fraudulent phone calls across the Netherlands. In 2024, victims of bank helpdesk fraud lost an average of 21,500 euros per case. | Thousands of people in the Netherlands | Audio | NL Times |
| Apr 12, 2025 | AI-generated summaries of Graydon Carter's memoir with deepfake covers are being sold on Amazon. | Graydon Carter | Image | Air Mail |
| Apr 12, 2025 | A 16-year-old boy in Johor Bahru was arrested for allegedly using artificial intelligence (AI) to create pornographic images of his schoolmates and school alumni. Eight reports were lodged against the student. The case is being investigated under Section 292 of the Penal Code for the sale, distribution, or circulation of obscene materials and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act for sharing offensive and inappropriate content. | schoolmates and school alumni | Image | Yahoo |
| Apr 11, 2025 | AI-generated videos depicting Barron Trump singing and playing guitar have been circulating online, misleading viewers into believing they are authentic. The videos, often featuring country or Christian music, are created by accounts like ViVO tunes and GroovyBeat, who include disclaimers acknowledging the AI origin. Despite the disclaimers, many viewers believe the videos are real and praise Barron's supposed musical talents and faith. | Barron Trump | Video | HOLA |
| Apr 11, 2025 | An AI-generated image caused Katy Perry's mom to believe she had attended the Met Gala. | Katy Perry | Image | Movieguide |
| Apr 10, 2025 | A deepfake video of Kim Kardashian was uploaded to Roblox, which could be accessed by children playing the game. | Kim Kardashian | Video | gameranx.com |
| Apr 10, 2025 | A fake nude image of Brooke Curry was created using AI and circulated online. The perpetrator obtained her photo from her Instagram account and altered it to depict her as fully nude. Platforms were reluctant to remove the image. | Brooke Curry | Image | News4JAX |
| Apr 10, 2025 | A group of male students created a 'humiliation room' on Telegram where they superimposed the faces of female students onto nude bodies using deepfake techniques and distributed the content. The article also discusses the general rise in deepfake pornography targeting women and children in South Korea. | Female students at a university in Incheon, South Korea; women and children in South Korea in general | Image | Korea JoongAng Daily |
| Apr 09, 2025 | Steve received a video call from someone impersonating his manager, Bela, requesting a confidential client report to be sent to a new email address. The deepfake was convincing enough that Steve complied, only to later find out Bela had not made the call. | Steve | Video | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| Apr 09, 2025 | Deepfake nudes of teen girls were created. This incident is mentioned in the context of support for the Take It Down Act, which aims to combat the spread of explicit AI-generated images. | Teen girls | Image | Ars Technica |
| Apr 09, 2025 | Viral video depicting deepfakes of David Schwimmer, Jerry Seinfeld and Scarlett Johansson deploring Kanye West for his stream of antisemitic comments. | David Schwimmer, Jerry Seinfeld and Scarlett Johansson, Kanye West | Video | The Hollywood Reporter |
| Apr 09, 2025 | Fraudsters impersonated the Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto to solicit money from wealthy entrepreneurs. Attackers impersonated an employee to gain access to the MGM Resorts systems, leading to a large data breach. | Wealthy entrepreneurs in Italy, MGM Resorts | Audio | BleepingComputer |
| Apr 08, 2025 | Tesla, allegedly in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, used an AI image generator to create promotional materials for its robotaxi event that resembled stills from Blade Runner 2049. Alcon Entertainment, the production company for Blade Runner 2049, filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement and trademark violations. | Alcon Entertainment (Blade Runner 2049) | Image | The Hollywood Reporter |
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