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AI incident: sexual content (Mar 2024)
In brief
An AI system built by Synthetic video generation technology developers, Synthetic media generation technology developers and 2 others and deployed by Synthetic media creators, Deepfake website operators and 1 other allegedly harmed Women and girls, Women and 10 others.
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- Not classified
- Occurred
- Coverage
- 7 reports
What happened
Dutch reporting in March 2024 identified roughly 70–80 prominent women, including politicians, presenters, athletes, celebrities, and members of the royal family, as reportedly depicted in pornographic deepfake videos made by using AI to place their faces on performers' bodies. Some videos had more than 100,000 views. Several women said they had not known the videos existed and filed or planned police reports.
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News reports (7)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Synthetic media creators Deepfake website operators Deepfake creators
- Alleged developer
- Synthetic video generation technology developers Synthetic media generation technology developers Deepfake technology developers AI face-swapping technology developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Women and girls Women Victims of non-consensual deepfakes Victims of deepfake abuse Sylvana IJsselmuiden Simone Simons Sharon Dijksma Sandra Beckerman Public figures and celebrities depicted in explicit AI images Public figures Privacy Politicians in the Netherlands
AI systems implicated
Synthetic video generation technologySynthetic media generation technologyDeepfake technologyAI face-swapping technology
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Other incidents involving Synthetic media creators
- Stanford University Acknowledged Using AI to Alter Student Photo for Campus Banners, Replacing Hispanic Student With Black Woman
- AI-Generated Images Purporting to Show Donald Trump Kissing White House Aide Natalie Harp Went Viral on Social Media
- Russia-Linked Matryoshka Influence Operation Reportedly Used AI-Cloned Celebrity Voices and Fabricated News-Style Videos to Target Democratic Candidates Ahead of 2026 U.S. Midterms
- Delhi Man Allegedly Used AI to Create and Circulate Obscene Images of College Acquaintance
- Purported Deepfake WhatsApp Scam Impersonating Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Actor C. Joseph Vijay Reportedly Defrauded Bengaluru Security Guard of ₹104,000 (~$1,085.40)
- Northern Ireland Victim Reportedly Lost £250,000 in Investment Scam Using Purportedly AI-Generated Video of Unnamed Financial Personality
Source record: incident #1684 on the AI Incident Database · all 7 reports