AI incident ·
Purportedly AI-Generated Article Falsely Depicted Australian Broadcasting Corporation Finance Presenter Alan Kohler Interviewing Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to Promote Boulder Sparhaven
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, Scammers In Australia and 5 others allegedly harmed Victims Of Impersonation Scams, Michele Bullock and 6 others.
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- Not classified
- Occurred
- Coverage
- 3 reports
What happened
An online article reportedly used AI-generated imagery to falsely depict Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) finance presenter Alan Kohler interviewing Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock about Boulder Sparhaven, a cryptocurrency trading platform not licensed in Australia. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) cited it as an example of increasingly sophisticated AI-assisted investment scams targeting Australians.
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News reports (3)
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Who was involved
- Alleged developer
- Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Victims Of Impersonation Scams, Michele Bullock, Investors, General Public Of Australia, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Australian Investors, Alan Kohler
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Source record: incident #1665 on the AI Incident Database · all 3 reports