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Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra Claims AI Voice Scam Impersonated ASEAN Leader Requesting Money
- Occurred
- Jan 15, 2025
- Published
- Jan 17, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra reported being targeted by an AI-generated voice scam that mimicked a well-known but undisclosed ASEAN leader. The scam is alleged to have involved a realistic voice message requesting a donation, falsely claiming Thailand was the only ASEAN nation yet to contribute.
Developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Paetongtarn Shinawatra
- General public of Thailand
- ASEAN
Tags
- Unknown voice cloning tool
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI voice cloning used in a scam targeting a head of state, representing a clear deepfake incident with limited confirmed harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8