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Alleged AI-Generated Photo Alteration Leads to Inappropriate Modifications in Speaker's Conference Picture

AI Incident Database · article · Oct 15, 2024 · UTC

An AI image expansion tool used by a conference organizer unintentionally altered Elizabeth Laraki’s profile picture for a marketing ad, making her blouse appear unbuttoned and showing a fabricated hint of undergarments. The AI generated the lower part of the image when expanding it for vertical formatting. The conference organizers quickly apologized and removed the altered content.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2024-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

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.

Observed changes

AIIC observation times, not verified publisher revision times. Up to eight recent revisions.

2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z

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