Incident #713·Misinformation
Purported Deepfake Video Falsely Depicts Biden Announcing National Draft for Ukraine
Description
A purportedly AI-generated deepfake video falsely depicting President Biden announcing a national draft to support Ukraine was reportedly shared on social media, causing widespread misinformation. The video reportedly misled the public until debunked by fact-checkers.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- jack-posobiec
- @thepatriotoasis
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- ukraine
- joe-biden
- general-public
- biden-administration
- general-public-of-the-united-states
- general-public-of-ukraine
- relations-between-the-united-states-and-ukraine
- 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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