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

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[-] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago

“We didn’t see this coming.” - nobody.

[-] glowie@infosec.pub 21 points 1 year ago

Yea it's a pretty bleak and dystopian future ahead. This next US election is going to be wild.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Believe it or not, people outside the US also have computers and elections lol

[-] glowie@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

I am outside the US, but it's the next big, global election. You'll watch it, I'll watch it, the world will watch it.

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

And the fact that it could very well be the end of any semblance of democracy the US has left if Trump and his ilk get power again.

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