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Purported Deepfake of Andrew Forrest Used to Promote Fraudulent 'Quantum AI' Crypto Platform on Facebook
- Occurred
- Jan 27, 2024
- Published
- Feb 4, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Cybertrace reportedly identified a purported deepfake of Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest circulating on Facebook on January 27, 2024, falsely depicting him endorsing a fraudulent crypto platform called Quantum AI. The video reportedly altered footage from a 2023 Rhodes Trust talk. Forrest reportedly condemned Meta for failing to curb AI-generated frauds.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers impersonating Andrew Forrest
- Quantum AI
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Investors
- General public of Australia
- General public
- Facebook users
- Epistemic integrity
- Australian investors
- Andrew Forrest
Tags
- Quantum AI
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Deepfake video used for fraud, causing financial harm and regulatory scrutiny.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8