DeepfakeHigh
Deepfakes of Deceased Indian Politicians for Election Campaigning Are Increasingly Being Deployed
- Occurred
- Jan 23, 2024
- Published
- Feb 12, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In the lead-up to India's 2024 general elections, AI technology was used to create deepfake videos of deceased politicians, such as M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa, aiming to influence voter behavior and campaign strategies. These AI-generated appearances are contributing to the erosion of trust in democratic processes and media discourse.
Developers
- Muonium
- The Indian Deepfaker
Deployers
- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- DMK
- Various Indian political parties
Harmed parties
- Indian electorate
- Indian voters
- Media discourse
- M. Karunanidhi
- J. Jayalalithaa
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake videos of deceased politicians used to influence elections constitute synthetic media deception with significant democratic harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8