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Purportedly AI-Generated Video Reportedly Depicted Bulgarian Politician Kostadin Kostadinov Falling During Protest
- Occurred
- Jun 12, 2025
- Published
- Jun 17, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A purportedly AI-generated video circulated on social media reportedly depicting Bulgarian politician Kostadin Kostadinov falling while jumping a fence during a June 8 protest against adoption of the euro in Bulgaria. Reporting said the clip was generated from a still image taken at the protest and bore a partially obscured Haliuo AI watermark. The video was reposted by multiple accounts and reportedly drew more than one million views.
Developers
- Haliuo AI
Deployers
- Visoko naprezhenie
- Mario Stefanov
- Budilnikbg.com
Harmed parties
- Kostadin Kostadinov
- General public of Bulgaria
- Epistemic integrity
- General public
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated video used to depict politician in misleading scenario, causing public confusion without physical harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8