{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-27T06:47:59.932Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"parody-label","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2025","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"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":"2025-us-tv-host-shared-watermarked-ai-deepfake-video-of-rep-ocasio-cortez-as-real-and-criticised-her","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'took to Instagram to share a video that was prominently watermarked as a “deepfake” video, made using AI technology'; 'It depicted a fake Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arguing on the floor of Congress that a recent Sydney Sweeney ad'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'having apparently not noticed its watermark admitting that the clip was “parody 100% made with AI”'; 'falling for a deepfake video purporting to show New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discussing the Sydney Sweeney jeans furore on the House floor'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A video watermarked as made with AI depicted a fake Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arguing on the floor of Congress that a Sydney Sweeney jeans advert was racist; The Guardian describes the watermark as labelling it a deepfake made using AI technology, and The Independent quotes it as parody 100% made with AI.","causal_attribution":"Each outlet's description of the video and its watermark; the watermark is the maker's own label. The video itself was not inspected and its maker and tool are unidentified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'On Wednesday Cuomo, a host on NewsNation and formerly of CNN'; 'Nothing about hamas or people burning jews cars. But sweeney jeans ad?'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Cuomo posted an Instagram video on his X account on Wednesday'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Chris Cuomo shared the video on social media on Wednesday 6 August 2025 as if it were genuine, adding criticism of her party.","causal_attribution":"Weekday from both outlets; the date follows from their 7 August 2025 publication. The outlets differ on the platform (Instagram, or an Instagram video posted on X)."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ocasio-Cortez responded to the post, stating: “This is a deepfake dude. Please use your critical thinking skills.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'This is a deepfake dude. Please use your critical thinking skills.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Ocasio-Cortez replied publicly that the video was a deepfake and told Cuomo to use his critical thinking skills.","causal_attribution":"The depicted congresswoman's own post, quoted by both outlets (one origin)."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Cuomo then deleted the post, but in response to Ocasio-Cortez on social media he doubled down on his criticism of her'; 'that was a deepfake (but it really does sound like you)'; 'She ignored the part of the tweet that mattered.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The journalist took down the post in question and responded'; 'The anchor later addressed the controversy on his show, admitting his mistake while also doubling down on his attack on the congresswoman'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Cuomo deleted the post and acknowledged the video was a deepfake, but continued to criticise Ocasio-Cortez on social media and on his programme.","causal_attribution":"Cuomo's own posts and broadcast as quoted by the outlets."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Some commentators responding to the original video likewise assumed it was real and accused Ocasio-Cortez of being'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'blunder and unapologetic follow-up was roundly mocked online'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Some commentators responding to the original video also assumed it was real and attacked Ocasio-Cortez, and Cuomo's handling was widely mocked online.","causal_attribution":"The Independent's report of other responses to the video; The Guardian's report of reactions to Cuomo. No count is given."}],"effects":[{"label":"congresswoman shown giving a speech she never gave in an AI-made parody video that a TV host shared as genuine with criticism of her; she publicly objected","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/chris-cuomo-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-deepfake","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-27; no translation needed (research agent, an AI).","independence_group":"guardian"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chris-cuomo-aoc-sydney-sweeney-jeans-b2803523.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-27; no translation needed (research agent, an AI).","independence_group":"independent"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["public_life","media"],"unknowns":["Who made the video, with which AI tool, and where it was first posted.","Whether the original video was removed or relabelled.","How many people saw the video or the host's repost."],"geography":{"basis":"The depicted person is a U.S. member of Congress (The Independent: \"New York Democratic Rep.\"), and the adverse event was the repost and criticism by a U.S. television host, continued on his NewsNation show (The Guardian: \"The US television host Chris Cuomo\"; The Independent: \"addressed the controversy on his show\"). The Congress setting shown in the video is fabricated and is not used as a location. The maker's location is unknown. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published because two outlets describe the video as watermarked by its maker as made with AI, a television host shared it as genuine with criticism of the depicted congresswoman, and she publicly objected. Details of the posts are attributed to the outlets' reports.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Both outlets describe the video as carrying its maker's watermark stating that it was made with AI (The Guardian: a deepfake made using AI technology; The Independent: parody 100% made with AI), and the congresswoman and the host both called it a deepfake. The AI-made likeness of her speaking in Congress is what the host shared as genuine and criticised her over, and what she objected to. The generating tool and the maker are not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"TV host Chris Cuomo shared a watermarked AI deepfake video of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez as genuine and criticised her; she publicly called it out","summary":"On Wednesday 6 August 2025 the NewsNation host Chris Cuomo shared on social media a video that showed a fake Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arguing on the floor of Congress that a Sydney Sweeney jeans advert was racist, and added his own criticism of her party. The Guardian reports that the clip was prominently watermarked as a deepfake made using AI technology, and The Independent reports a watermark reading parody 100% made with AI. Ocasio-Cortez replied that it was a deepfake and told him to use his critical thinking skills. Cuomo deleted the post and acknowledged it was a deepfake, but continued to criticise her, including on air. The Independent reports that other commentators also took the video as real and attacked her. The maker of the video and the tool used are not identified.","incidentDate":"2025-08-06","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-08-07","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI video tool used by an unidentified creator to make a parody video of a likeness of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking in Congress, watermarked as made with AI (as described by The Guardian and The Independent)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A congresswoman was shown giving an offensive speech she never gave in an AI-made parody video, which a television host shared as genuine with criticism of her and which other commentators also took as real; she publicly objected (reported).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the congresswoman depicted in the video, who publicly objected after a television host shared it as genuine and criticised her (The Guardian; The Independent). Exact 1. The host who was deceived, the commentators who believed the video and its viewers are not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/chris-cuomo-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-deepfake","primarySourceLabel":"The Guardian, 7 August 2025: Chris Cuomo mocked for response after falling for deepfake AOC video","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:01:14.794445+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:01:14.794445+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["political-deepfake","ai-video","depicted-or-impersonated","parody-label","united-states"]}]}