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Alleged Deepfake Video Falsely Depicts Hollywood Stars in AI-Manipulated Protest Against Kanye West

Occurred
Feb 12, 2025
Published
Mar 22, 2025
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

A deepfake video allegedly depicted Scarlett Johansson, Jerry Seinfeld, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Steven Spielberg, Adam Sandler, Sacha Baron Cohen, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lenny Kravitz, Adam Levine, Drake, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Black, Mila Kunis, Ben Stiller, and Woody Allen protesting Kanye West’s antisemitic remarks. The video falsely attributed statements to them, using AI to manipulate their likenesses without consent.

Developers

  • Deepfake technology developers

Deployers

  • Ori Bejerano
  • Guy Bar
  • Gitam BBDO

Harmed parties

  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • David Schwimmer
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Adam Sandler
  • Sacha Baron Cohen
  • Natalie Portman
  • Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Lenny Kravitz
  • Adam Levine
  • Drake
  • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Jack Black
  • Mila Kunis
  • Ben Stiller
  • Woody Allen

Tags

  • Deepfake
  • Celebrity deepfake
  • Impersonation
  • Voice cloning
  • Antisemitism
  • Kanye West
  • Protest
  • Privacy violation
  • Misattribution

Classification

Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%

Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated synthetic media falsely depicting celebrities without consent.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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