Incident #39·Misinformation
Deepfake Obama Introduction of Deepfakes
Description
University of Washington researchers made a deepfake of Obama, followed by Jordan Peele
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- university-of-washington
- fakeapp
Alleged Developers
- university-of-washington
- fakeapp
Harmed Parties
- barack-obama
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
MIT Risk Profile
AIIntentionalPost-deployment
Source
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