AI Incident Database - Incident 786
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.
- general-public
entity | 29 June 2026 | 70%
general-public - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- cryptocurrency-investors
entity | 16 June 2026 | 70%
cryptocurrency-investors - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- youtube-viewers
entity | 10 May 2026 | 70%
youtube-viewers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- unknown-deepfake-creators
entity | 8 Feb 2026 | 70%
unknown-deepfake-creators - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- apple
entity | 21 Mar 2025 | 70%
apple - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- tim-cook
entity | 14 Sept 2024 | 70%
tim-cook - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Fraudsters Use Deepfake Video of Tim Cook to Promote Apple Crypto Scam on YouTube
event | 14 Sept 2024 | 82%
Fraudsters repurposed an old interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook using AI or video editing to promote a fake crypto event on YouTube. The altered video was designed to mislead viewers into believing Tim Cook endorsed a new cryptocurrency scheme. The stream attracted tens of thousands of viewers, potentially exposing them to the scam before it was removed for violating YouTube’s terms of service.