Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Steven Bartlett Reportedly Used to Promote Fake WhatsApp Investment Group
Date: 2025-04-23
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Steven Bartlett
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1239: Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Steven Bartlett Reportedly Used to Promote Fake WhatsApp Investment Group. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Steven Bartlett. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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