{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0016",
 "slug": "unauthorized-deepfake-clones-of-ravish-kumar-used-on-youtube",
 "title": "Unauthorized Deepfake Clones of Ravish Kumar Used on YouTube",
 "summary": "Multiple YouTube channels utilized deepfake technology to mimic an Indian journalist's face and voice to spread fabricated news. The journalist filed complaints with the platform.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "YouTube"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-06-30",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-06-30",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1124",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube",
   "published_at": "2025-06-30"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.85,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "impersonation",
  "youtube"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}