AI Incident Database - Incident 1526
Source evidence cited by public records. This page shows where the source is used, its trust tier, and when it was last checked in the seed.
Records using this source
- deepfake-technology-developers
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
deepfake-technology-developers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- scammers
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
scammers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- synthetic-video-generation-technology-developers
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
synthetic-video-generation-technology-developers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- victims-of-deepfake-enabled-fraud
entity | 2 July 2026 | 70%
victims-of-deepfake-enabled-fraud - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- epistemic-integrity
entity | 30 June 2026 | 70%
epistemic-integrity - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- investment-scam-operators
entity | 24 June 2026 | 70%
investment-scam-operators - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- bbc
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
bbc - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- cloned-news-site-operators
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
cloned-news-site-operators - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- financial-times
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
financial-times - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- malvertising-actors
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
malvertising-actors - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- people-targeted-by-financial-scams
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
people-targeted-by-financial-scams - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- people-targeted-for-personal-data-theft
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
people-targeted-for-personal-data-theft - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- prospective-investors
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
prospective-investors - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- reddit-ad-buyers
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
reddit-ad-buyers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- reddit-users
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
reddit-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- the-guardian
entity | 9 June 2026 | 70%
the-guardian - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Reddit Scam Ads Reportedly Used Deepfake News Segments and Cloned Media Sites to Promote Allegedly Fake AI Investment Platforms
event | 9 June 2026 | 82%
Sponsored Reddit ads reportedly impersonated the BBC, Financial Times, and The Guardian to promote purportedly fake AI investment platforms including Wencoin STX, Warrior Coin AI, and Nevo Coin. The campaign allegedly dressed the scam as legitimate financial journalism, using cloned publisher pages and deepfake-style news footage to pressure users into sharing contact details and making deposits.