Former New York City Council Candidate Jonathan Rinaldi Allegedly Used AI to Create False Endorsements and Fabricated News Reports
Date: 2025-01-17
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Face Swapping Technology Developers, Google, Image Generation Technology Developers, Jonathan Rinaldi, Openai, Political Campaigns, Political Candidates, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1557: Former New York City Council Candidate Jonathan Rinaldi Allegedly Used AI to Create False Endorsements and Fabricated News Reports. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Face Swapping Technology Developers, Google, Image Generation Technology Developers, Jonathan Rinaldi, Openai, Political Campaigns, Political Candidates, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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