AI incident #1496 ·
Purportedly AI-Generated Jeffrey Epstein Video Reportedly Used by Pro-Iran Accounts to Claim Iran War Was Launched as a Cover-Up
What happened
During the Iran war, anonymous pro-Iran accounts on X including HDX News and GPX News reportedly circulated a purportedly AI-generated Jeffrey Epstein-themed video while claiming it was real and that U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran were launched to distract from Epstein-related material. The Washington Post reported the HDX News post received more than 6.8 million views and GPX News's version received more than 4.7 million before both accounts were suspended by X.
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News reports (1)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Information Manipulation Actors, Hdx News, Gpx News, Pro Iranian Information Manipulation Actors
- Alleged developer
- Deepfake Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Jewish People, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Donald Trump
Classification (MIT AI Risk Repository taxonomy)
- Risk domain
- Malicious Actors & Misuse
- Risk subdomain
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- Causal entity
- AI
- Intent
- Intentional
- Timing
- Post-deployment
- Harm level
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