DeepfakeMedium
Deepfake Video of Ron DeSantis Dropping Out of 2024 Presidential Race Circulating
- Occurred
- Sep 2, 2023
- Published
- Sep 2, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In early September 2023, a deepfake video created by C3PMeme circulated on social media, showing Ron DeSantis falsely claiming he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. DeSantis did not actually suspend his campaign until January 21, 2024.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- C3PMeme
Harmed parties
- Ron DeSantis
- Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Synthetic media used to deceive public about political candidate's campaign status.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8