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Senator Ben Cardin Reportedly Received a Purported Deepfake Zoom Call Impersonating Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba
- Occurred
- Sep 19, 2024
- Published
- Sep 26, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Senator Ben Cardin was reportedly targeted with a purported deepfake on a Zoom call that appeared to imitate former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The allegedly AI-generated video reproduced his likeness and voice but drew attention when the caller asked unusual questions.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown malicious actor impersonating Dmytro Kuleba
Harmed parties
- Dmytro Kuleba
- Ben Cardin
- Relations between the United States and Ukraine
- Epistemic integrity
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated video impersonating a public official, fitting deepfake category with limited harm as it was detected.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8