GhaziEnglish • 9 months ago

Deepfake celebrities begin shilling products on social media, causing alarm

arstechnica.com

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Deepfake celebrities begin shilling products on social media, causing alarm

arstechnica.com

GhaziEnglish • 9 months ago

cross-posted to:
technology@lemmy.world

Hanks and other celebrities have recently become targets of AI-powered ad scams.

Article by Ars Technical reporting on the recent trend of AI generated doppelgangers of celebrities being used for advertisements

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Look on the bright side, what if this ends up teaching people all ads are to be inherently mistrusted and ignored?

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