DeepfakeMedium
Reported AI-Manipulated Video Depicts Donald Trump Endorsing Peter Obi and Criticizing Bola Tinubu
- Occurred
- Aug 4, 2024
- Published
- Aug 5, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A widely circulated video reportedly falsely depicts Donald Trump endorsing Nigerian politician Peter Obi and criticizing President Bola Tinubu. FactCheckAfrica confirmed the video was false, originally sourced from a 2017 U.S. presidential interview about Trump's first 100 days in office. AI-generated audio and altered visuals were reportedly used to fabricate a politically charged statement unrelated to the original content.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown actors
Harmed parties
- Peter Obi
- General public of Nigeria
- Donald Trump
- Bola Tinubu
- Democratic integrity
- Journalistic integrity
Tags
- Deepfake
- Cheapfake
- Disinformation
- Misinformation
- Nigeria
- Africa
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated audio and visuals used to fabricate a false political endorsement, constituting synthetic media deception.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8