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Purportedly AI-Generated Facebook Poster Falsely Declared Kannada Actor Doddanna Dead
An allegedly AI-generated memorial poster falsely declaring Kannada actor Doddanna dead reportedly began circulating on Facebook on June 12, 2026. Doddanna said the hoax caused mental anguish and prompted numerous concerned calls from many concerned people. He filed a cybercrime complaint on June 15, and police opened an investigation under India's Information Technology Act.
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Reported occurrence date: 2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
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- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
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
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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