DeepfakeMedium
Climate Action Group Posted Deepfake of Belgian Prime Minister Urging Climate Crisis Action
- Occurred
- Apr 14, 2020
- Published
- Oct 5, 2020
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A deepfake video showing the Belgium’s prime minister speaking of an urgent need to tackle the climate crises was released by a climate action group.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Extinction Rebellion Belgium
Harmed parties
- Shophie Wilmès
- Belgian government
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Incident involves synthetic media of a political figure used for advocacy without causing physical harm or legal charges.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8