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Alleged Deepfake of Whoopi Goldberg Reportedly Used in Fake Weight-Loss Supplement Ads on Instagram
- Occurred
- Feb 5, 2025
- Published
- Feb 5, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Whoopi Goldberg reportedly warned viewers of The View about a purportedly AI-generated scam using her likeness to promote fraudulent weight-loss products on Instagram. Goldberg reportedly stated that she had no involvement with the ads.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic media generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
- Scammers impersonating Whoopi Goldberg
Harmed parties
- Whoopi Goldberg
- General public
- Fans of Whoopi Goldberg
- Consumers misled by fraudulent ads
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated likeness used in fraudulent ads without consent, causing consumer harm but no physical injury.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8