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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the issue is more that people think something is legitimate, and when they go to purchase it or something they get their identity stolen

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The celebrities may pay lip service to that, but really they're concerned about unlicensed use of their image.