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AI Avatar of Murder Victim Created Without Consent on Character.ai Platform
- Occurred
- Oct 2, 2024
- Published
- Oct 2, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A user on the Character.ai platform created an unauthorized AI avatar of Jennifer Ann Crecente, a murder victim from 2006, without her family's consent. The avatar was made publicly available, violating Character.ai's policy against impersonation. After the incident surfaced, Character.ai removed the avatar, acknowledging a policy violation.
Developers
- Character.ai
Deployers
- Character.ai
Harmed parties
- Jennifer Ann Crecente
- Drew Crecente
- Crecente family
- Brian Crecente
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: Unauthorized creation of AI avatar of deceased person violates privacy and consent policies.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8