Alleged Deepfake of Whoopi Goldberg Reportedly Used in Fake Weight-Loss Supplement Ads on Instagram
Date: 2025-02-05
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Whoopi Goldberg, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #917: Alleged Deepfake of Whoopi Goldberg Reportedly Used in Fake Weight-Loss Supplement Ads on Instagram. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Whoopi Goldberg, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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