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'All our dreams are gone': Ottawa couple scammed out of $177k
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this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2024
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I had likely this very video served to me on Monday by YouTube. It pretended to be and ABC News interview with Elon. It was clearly an AI generated video and matching audio. I reported it to YouTube for all the good that'll do. YouTube should be partially liable for running ads like this on their platform!
Agreed! Anytime I get served a celebrity-endorsed ad I’ll watch the lipsync very carefully.
You watch ads? 😉
lol I usually skip them! But the deepfake ones are the most interesting and give me a chance to exercise that report button.
Ads are the easiest way to filter for the stupid people. Only the stupidest see them.