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Deepfake Video Featured Fictitious News Anchors Discussing Venezuela's Economy
- Occurred
- Feb 15, 2023
- Published
- Mar 17, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Video featuring fictitious news anchors was created using Synthesia to allegedly spread disinformation about Venezuela's economy on social media and Venezuelan state-run broadcast.
Developers
- Synthesia
Deployers
- Unknown
Harmed parties
- Venezuelan people
- Social media users
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Synthesia-generated video with fictitious anchors spreading disinformation fits deepfake category with medium severity due to disinformation impact.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8