DeepfakeMedium
Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube
- Occurred
- Jun 30, 2025
- Published
- Jul 2, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Prominent Indian journalist Ravish Kumar reported that multiple YouTube channels are using purported deepfakes to mimic his face and voice, spreading fabricated and nonsensical news in his name. Kumar warned viewers not to trust these channels, filed complaints with YouTube, and is awaiting action.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown YouTubers impersonating Ravish Kumar
Harmed parties
- Ravish Kumar
- Fans of Ravish Kumar
- YouTube users
- General public of India
- Epistemic integrity
Tags
- deepfake
- impersonation
- misinformation
- fake news
- YouTube
- India
- mixed-language report
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves unauthorized deepfake clones of a journalist spreading fabricated news, fitting deepfake category with medium severity due to ongoing investigation and lack of mass casualty.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8