DeepfakeMedium
Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Videos of Louvre Heist Reportedly Circulated Widely Online
- Occurred
- Oct 26, 2025
- Published
- Nov 17, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
After the October 19, 2025 jewel heist at the Louvre, purported deepfakes were reported to have circulated widely online, allegedly depicting the robbery despite being fabricated.. The clips were reportedly posted on Facebook, Douyin and RedNote, and they were noted to have featured morphing artifacts, disappearing objects, and partial Sora watermarks. AI Forensics and independent checks reportedly found the scenes inconsistent with the real Apollo Gallery, confirming the footage was not real.
Developers
- OpenAI
Deployers
- Unknown social media account operators
Harmed parties
- General public
- General public of Hong Kong
- Social media users
- Epistemic integrity
- Media consumers
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated fake videos of a real event circulating online, fitting deepfake category with limited confirmed harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8