{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-27T06:25:18.949Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"deepfake-advert","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":0,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-albanian-cardiologist-and-journalist-impersonated-in-likely-ai-generated-videos-selling-hypertension-capsules","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Faqja në Facebook Dr. Spiro Qirko ( arkiva ) ka publikuar një video në të cilën pretendohet se ka zbuluar një ilaç për shërimin e hipertensionit.'; 'Intervista pretendohet se zhvillohet nga gazetari Ilir Topi (intervistuesi) me doktor Spiro Qirko'; '‘Hyper Caps’ është produkti që pretendohet të jetë zbuluar nga kardiologu dhe se i njëjti shëron hipertensionin.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A Facebook page in the cardiologist's name published a video claiming he had discovered a cure for hypertension, and a second video presented as an interview of him by the journalist, promoting a product called Hyper Caps.","causal_attribution":"Krypometer's description of the page and videos; not inspected by the reviewer."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Krypometër ka testuar këtë video përmes HIVEModeration , platformë që detekton përmbajtjet e krijuara me Inteligjencë Artificiale dhe nga rezultatet e saj del se videoja ka një probabilitet prej 96.4% se është e gjeneruar me AI gjithashtu edhe fjalimi'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Krypometer tested the video with the AI-content detector Hive Moderation, which gave a 96.4% probability that the video and the speech were AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"The fact-checker's own analysis; a detector probability, not a confirmation of the tool used."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'të cilët e kanë mohuar të kenë të bëjnë diçka me këtë profil apo me përmbajtjen e kësaj videoje.'; '“Është e gjeneruar me AI, fake.”- ka thënë Topi.'; '“Ndjehem shumë i fyer për këtë mashtrim shumë të shëmtuar që spekulohet në mënyrë më të ndyrë dhe të paprecedent me emrin dhe personalitetin tim. Është tepër kriminale.”- ka thënë Qirko'; 'Qirko ka thënë se asnjeherë nuk ka rekomanduar ilaçe bimore për të trajtuar hipertensionin.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Both depicted men told Krypometer they had nothing to do with the page or the video; the journalist said it was AI-generated and fake, and the cardiologist said he felt deeply offended by the fraud and had never recommended herbal remedies for hypertension.","causal_attribution":"The depicted men's own statements to Krypometer."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'rezulton se produkti ‘Hyper Caps’ nuk është në listën e barërave me Autorizim Marketingu.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Hyper Caps is not on the Kosovo medicines agency's list of products with marketing authorisation.","causal_attribution":"Krypometer's search of the agency list; the list itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"cardiologist and journalist impersonated without consent in AI-assessed videos selling an unauthorised hypertension product; both disowned them","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kallxo.com/krypometer/keqperdorimi-i-emrit-te-kardiologut-shqipetar-dhe-gazetarit-nga-shqiperia-per-te-shitur-ilace-per-hipertension/","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"sq","translation_note":"Albanian article read on 2026-10-27 through the publisher's own WordPress search feed (kallxo.com/feed/?s=Qirko, full post content), because the article page returns a Cloudflare challenge; translated by the research agent (an AI). Locators are verbatim Albanian.","independence_group":"kallxo-krypometer"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","finance","public_life"],"unknowns":["When the videos were first posted and how widely they circulated.","Who made the videos and the page, and which AI tool was used.","Whether anyone bought the product, and whether the page was removed."],"geography":{"basis":"The article describes the cardiologist as a cardiologist from Albania and the journalist as from Albania (title). It checks the product against Kosovo's marketing-authorisation list but does not say where the page was run or whom it targeted, so no event country is recorded. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["AL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published because a fact-checker's detector analysis assessed the videos as AI-generated, the videos used the two men's likenesses to sell an unauthorised product, and both men disowned them, the cardiologist saying he was deeply offended. All details are attributed to Krypometer's report.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Krypometer reports that it ran the video through the AI-content detector Hive Moderation, which gave a 96.4% probability that the video and the speech were AI-generated, and the journalist depicted in it called it AI-generated. The generated likenesses of the two men are what promoted the product in their names and what they disowned. The tool used and the maker are not identified, and a detector score is a probability.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Fact-checkers say videos impersonating an Albanian cardiologist and a journalist to sell hypertension pills were likely AI-made; both men disowned them","summary":"A Facebook page in the name of the Albanian cardiologist Dr. Spiro Qirko published a video claiming he had discovered a cure for hypertension, and a second video presented as an interview of him by the journalist Ilir Topi, promoting a product called Hyper Caps. Kallxo's fact-checking unit Krypometer, in an article of 30 March 2026, reports that it ran the video through the AI-content detector Hive Moderation, which gave a 96.4% probability that the video and the speech were AI-generated, and that Hyper Caps is not on the Kosovo medicines agency's list of products authorised for marketing. Both men told Krypometer they had nothing to do with the page or the video. The journalist said it was AI-generated and fake, and the cardiologist said he felt deeply offended by the fraud and had never recommended herbal remedies for hypertension. Who made the videos, how widely they circulated and whether anyone bought the product are not reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-03-30","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI video and voice generation tool used to make videos of a likeness of the cardiologist, including a staged interview with a journalist, assessed by Krypometer with Hive Moderation as 96.4% likely AI-generated","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A cardiologist and a journalist were impersonated without consent in videos assessed as AI-generated that promoted an unauthorised hypertension product; both disowned the videos and the cardiologist said he felt deeply offended (reported).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: the cardiologist and the journalist depicted in the videos, who both told Krypometer they had nothing to do with the page or the video, the cardiologist saying he felt deeply offended by the fraud (Kallxo Krypometer). Exact 2. No buyer or viewer harm is reported and none is counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://kallxo.com/krypometer/keqperdorimi-i-emrit-te-kardiologut-shqipetar-dhe-gazetarit-nga-shqiperia-per-te-shitur-ilace-per-hipertension/","primarySourceLabel":"Kallxo Krypometer, 30 March 2026: misuse of an Albanian cardiologist's and journalist's names to sell hypertension medicine (Albanian)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:05:46.137601+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:05:46.137601+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake-advert","health-product","impersonation","depicted-or-impersonated","fact-check"]}]}