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Video with Reportedly AI-Generated Media Purported to Show Croatian Physician Alemka Markotić Endorsing Hondrosol After False Murder Claim on Facebook
- Occurred
- Oct 17, 2024
- Published
- Oct 25, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Facebook video purported to show Croatian infectious-disease physician Alemka Markotić and TV host Zoran Šprajc discussing her supposed murder and endorsing a joint-pain product called Hondrosol. The clip and linked article were reported to use AI-generated or manipulated media and to mimic Croatian government branding, directing users toward a scam purchase page.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Zoran Šprajc
- People seeking medical advice
- Ministry of Health (Croatia)
- Ministarstvo zdravstva
- General public of Croatia
- Epistemic integrity
- Alemka Markotić
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated media used to impersonate a physician and promote a scam product.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8