DeepfakeHigh
Scammers Reportedly Using Deepfakes of Health Experts and Public Figures in Australia to Sell Health Supplements and Give Harmful Advice
- Occurred
- Dec 9, 2024
- Published
- Dec 9, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Scammers are reportedly harnessing AI-generated deepfakes of health experts and public figures in Australia in order to sell health supplements and give harmful health advice. Among the reported cases, deepfake videos are alleged to have falsely depicted Jonathan Shaw and Karl Stefanovic endorsing "Glyco Balance" for diabetes management, while Karl Kruszelnicki reportedly was falsely shown promoting blood pressure pills.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Karl Stefanovic
- Karl Kruszelnicki
- Jonathan Shaw
- General public
- Diabetes patients
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Deepfakes of public figures used to sell harmful products and give dangerous medical advice.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8