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Video Allegedly Altered by AI Reportedly Spreads Claim of Nigerian Doctor's Hypertension Cure
- Occurred
- Nov 13, 2023
- Published
- Nov 17, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An alleged AI-manipulated video circulating on Facebook falsely claims that a Nigerian doctor has developed a drug that cures high blood pressure permanently within three days. The video, which reportedly mimics Channels Television news anchor Kayode Okikiolu, features manipulated audio and misleading content, including unverified guarantees of reducing stroke and heart attack risks to zero.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
- Scammers in Nigeria
Harmed parties
- Kayode Okikiolu
- Hypertension patients
- General public of Nigeria
- Channels Television
- Journalistic integrity
- Journalistic integrity in Nigeria
- Social media users
- Facebook users
Tags
- Deepfake
- Cheapfake
- Scam
- Synthetic media
- Voice cloning
- Nigeria
- Africa
- Medical scam
- False news report
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-manipulated video mimicking a news anchor spreading false medical claims constitutes a deepfake incident with potential public health harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8