Purported Deepfakes of Public Figures and Celebrities Reportedly Used to Market Honey-Based Supplements as Alzheimer's Treatments
Date: 2025-10-25
Affected: Deepfake Creators, Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Anderson Cooper, Scammers Impersonating Bill Gates, Scammers Impersonating Bruce Willis, Scammers Impersonating Sanjay Gupta, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1564: Purported Deepfakes of Public Figures and Celebrities Reportedly Used to Market Honey-Based Supplements as Alzheimer's Treatments. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Creators, Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Anderson Cooper, Scammers Impersonating Bill Gates, Scammers Impersonating Bruce Willis, Scammers Impersonating Sanjay Gupta, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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