Purportedly AI-Recreated Clips from Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' Video Reportedly Appeared in FBI Promotional Video Posted by Kash Patel
Date: 2026-05-04
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Kash Patel, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1480: Purportedly AI-Recreated Clips from Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' Video Reportedly Appeared in FBI Promotional Video Posted by Kash Patel. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Kash Patel, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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