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Kosovo Public Broadcaster RTK and Journalist Gëzim Bimbashi Were Reportedly AI-Impersonated in Alleged Fake Joint-Cure Scam Video
- Occurred
- Dec 27, 2025
- Published
- Feb 28, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Kosovo public broadcaster RTK's logo and journalist Gëzim Bimbashi's image and voice were reportedly AI-manipulated in a Facebook video promoting Versatil Pro as a supposed cure for joint disease.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
- Deepfake creators
- Scammers in Kosovo
Harmed parties
- Social media users in Kosovo
- Social media users
- Radio Television of Kosovo
- People seeking medical advice
- Journalistic integrity
- Gëzim Bimbashi
- General public of Kosovo
- General public
- Facebook users in Kosovo
- Facebook users
- Epistemic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-manipulated video impersonating a public broadcaster and journalist to promote a fake medical scam.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8