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Video with Reportedly AI-Generated Media Purported to Show Croatian Immunologist Stipan Jonjić Promoting Anti-Parasite Product on Facebook

Occurred
Aug 27, 2024
Published
Aug 30, 2024
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

A Facebook page reportedly posted a video that purported to show Croatian immunologist Stipan Jonjić endorsing an anti-parasite product and recommending it over conventional treatment. The clip was reported to use AI-generated or manipulated media, and Jonjić denied involvement. A woman was reported to have purchased the product after seeing the ad.

Developers

  • Deepfake technology developers
  • Synthetic audio generation technology developers

Deployers

  • Sepenuhnya alami Facebook page
  • Scammers

Harmed parties

  • Stipan Jonjić
  • People seeking medical advice
  • General public of Croatia
  • Epistemic integrity

Classification

Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 80%

Rationale: AI-generated video used to impersonate a medical professional for product promotion causing potential health harm.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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