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Delhi Man Allegedly Used AI to Create and Circulate Obscene Images of College Acquaintance
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In brief
An AI system built by Synthetic media generation technology developers, Synthetic image generation technology developers and 1 other and deployed by Synthetic media creators, Keshav Bansal and 1 other allegedly harmed Women and girls, Women and 5 others.
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- Coverage
- 2 reports
What happened
Delhi police alleged that a man named Keshav Bansal used photographs from a college acquaintance's private social media account with AI image-generation and editing tools to create obscene morphed images and upload them to anonymous Discord servers. The woman reported fake accounts and threatening messages intended to humiliate and harass her. Police arrested Bansal and said the investigation was ongoing.
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News reports (2)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Synthetic media creators Keshav Bansal Deepfake creators
- Alleged developer
- Synthetic media generation technology developers Synthetic image generation technology developers Deepfake technology developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Women and girls Women Victims of non-consensual deepfakes Victims of deepfake abuse Privacy Individuals subjected to sexual exploitation imagery Epistemic integrity
AI systems implicated
Synthetic media generation technologySynthetic image generation technologySocial media platformsInstagramDiscordDeepfake technology
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- Stanford University Acknowledged Using AI to Alter Student Photo for Campus Banners, Replacing Hispanic Student With Black Woman
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- 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
- 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)
Source record: incident #1683 on the AI Incident Database · all 2 reports