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Investigation Reports Unauthorized Deepfake Pornography Harms Thousands of Celebrities

AI Incident Database · article · Mar 21, 2024 · UTC

A Channel 4 News investigation alleges that nearly 4,000 celebrities globally, including 255 British figures, were victims of deepfake pornography. Faces were superimposed onto explicit content using AI, with the top deepfake sites garnering 100 million views in three months, according to their findings.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2024-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

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AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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