Deepfake celebrities begin shilling products on social media, causing alarm

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/tom-hanks-warns-of-ai-generated-doppelganger-in-instagram-plea/

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

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FMT99@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
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Pistcow@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Maybe we should make it a felony or void business licenses for unauthorized AI usage?

antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 2y

Seems it would fit under the current definition of libel. But I agree that AI impersonation is another level of fraud, going beyond reputation harming statements. Maybe charge them with both libel and felony identity fraud.

Fullest@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

At a minimum, but I don't think that will actually stop this from happening. It also will need to be nuanced - too overbearing and you'll invent a new type of deepfake troll.

BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They've been doing this with musk for quite a while. I thought by now most people were smart enough to ignore celebrity endorsements, real or not.

agent_flounder@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 2y

I hadn't considered that learning to ignore celeb endorsements could be a benefit to this tech.