Incident #1262·Misinformation
YouTube Channel Reportedly Posts Purported Deepfake Video of Rajat Sharma Announcing India-Bangladesh Conflict
Description
A purported deepfake video depicting Indian journalist Rajat Sharma reporting on a potential India-Bangladesh war was uploaded to the YouTube channel The Real Report. Fact-checkers reportedly found no such broadcast existed and, according to their metrics, verified that the clip was likely AI-generated.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- unknown-malicious-actors-impersonating-rajat-sharma
- the-real-report
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- rajat-sharma
- india-bangladesh-relations
- general-public-of-india
- general-public-of-bangladesh
- general-public
- epistemic-integrity
- national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
MIT Risk Profile
AIIntentionalPost-deployment
Source
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