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One in Six Congresswomen Have Reportedly Been Targeted by AI-Generated Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery
- Occurred
- Dec 11, 2024
- Published
- Dec 17, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A study by the American Sunlight Project is reported to have found that one in six Congresswomen were targeted by AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) shared on deepfake websites. The study reports having found 35,000 mentions of explicit content involving 26 members of Congress, with 25 being women. Women were 70 times more likely than men to be victimized, according to the report.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic media generation technology developers
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
- Synthetic video generation technology developers
Deployers
- Deepfake creators
- Synthetic media creators
Harmed parties
- Congresswomen
- Women and girls
- Politicians
- Politicians in the United States
- Privacy
- Public figures
- Victims of non-consensual deepfakes
- Victims of deepfake abuse
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery targeting public officials constitutes a significant harm incident.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8