DeepfakeHigh
Ron DeSantis's Presidential Campaign Released Twitter Video Containing AI Images of Donald Trump Hugging Anthony Fauci
- Occurred
- Jun 5, 2023
- Published
- Jun 7, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign shared a video on Twitter featuring some AI-generated images of Donald Trump hugging former White House coronavirus advisor Anthony Fauci, allegedly as a smear campaign. This incident is possibly the first time a major U.S. presidential campaign deployed deepfakes with the intention of misleading the electorate.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign
Harmed parties
- Donald Trump
- Anthony Fauci
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Campaign used AI-generated images to mislead voters, representing a significant election integrity risk.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8