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Azerbaijani Media Agency Reportedly Warned Purported Deepfake Videos Attributed to Defense and Foreign Ministers Claimed Belarusian Plane Was Downed in Russian Airspace
- Occurred
- Jul 12, 2025
- Published
- Jul 12, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Azerbaijan's Media Development Agency reported that purportedly AI-generated deepfake videos circulated on social media appearing to show statements by Azerbaijan's defense and foreign ministers (Zakir Hasanov and Jeyhun Bayramov, respectively) about the alleged downing of a Belarusian aircraft in Russian airspace. The agency reportedly denied the videos were authentic and called them an information manipulation effort aimed at misleading public opinion.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Information manipulation actors
Harmed parties
- Zakir Hasanov
- Jeyhun Bayramov
- Government of Azerbaijan
- Epistemic integrity
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake videos of government officials were used to spread misinformation about a plane incident.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8