Second Consecutive Year of Alleged AI-Generated Images Depicting Katy Perry at Met Gala Circulating Online

Summary

Images widely reported to be AI-generated appeared to depict Katy Perry attending the Met Gala and circulated broadly online, which appeared to prompt confusion among some fans. Perry later clarified via Instagram that she had not attended the event. While no malicious actor or harm has been confirmed, this marks the second consecutive year such images have gone viral

Developers

• Deepfake technology developers

Deployers

• Unknown

Harmed parties

• Katy Perry
• General public
• Fans of Katy Perry
• Epistemic integrity

Tags

• deepfake image
• synthetic media
• celebrity impression
• soft deception
• epistemic distortion
• viral misinformation
• no confirmed harm
• public misrecognition
• no known malicious actor
• low-stakes deception
• recurring pattern
• Katy Perry
• Met Gala
• Instagram
• media event impersonation