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Kenya's Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei Reportedly Shared AI-Generated Video Depicting Fareed Zakaria Praising Sudan Diplomacy
- Occurred
- Feb 20, 2025
- Published
- Feb 21, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Kenya's Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary (PS) Dr. Korir Sing’Oei shared a purportedly AI-generated deepfake video that allegedly depicted CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria praising Kenya's peace diplomacy in Sudan. After reported backlash from the public and journalists on X (Twitter), Sing'Oei deleted the video, but there were reportedly concerns that Kenya's diplomatic credibility was undermined.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Korir Sing’Oei
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya
- Korir Sing’Oei
- Government of Kenya
- General public of Kenya
- Fareed Zakaria
- CNN
Tags
- Deepfake
- Fake broadcast
- Impersonation
- Journalism
- Kenya
- Diplomacy
- Sudan
- Government relations
- Africa
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake video used by government official caused diplomatic credibility concerns and public backlash.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8