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Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms
- Occurred
- Sep 11, 2025
- Published
- Oct 16, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Purported deepfake videos reportedly circulated on Meta platforms cloning Irish Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys to allegedly portray her endorsing high-return investment schemes. The purportedly AI-generated image and voice cloning aimed to exploit public trust and lure consumers into fraud. The Bank of Ireland warned of further scams and risks.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown scammers impersonating Heather Humphreys
- Quantum AI
- Quantum AI scammers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Heather Humphreys
- General public of Ireland
- Fine Gael
- Epistemic integrity
- Democratic integrity
Tags
- Quantum AI
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake used for financial fraud targeting voters, prompting bank warnings and potential regulatory action.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8