Deepfake scam ads, and a patent to change live words
Deepfakes are fake videos or images made with AI, often of famous people. Mark Cuban, the US businessman, says Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads. According to Yahoo Finance, documents point to $16 billion in fraud revenue. The story got 332 points on Hacker News.
These are claims from Cuban and from the reported documents. Our sources do not include a reply from Meta. So we report the claim, not a verdict.
A second story is also about trust on screen. A Reddit post reports that Microsoft filed a patent for AI that can alter what people say during live broadcasts. A patent is an idea on paper, so it does not mean a product exists.
Scam ads with fake celebrities hurt real people, often those who are least used to the internet. If a platform earns money from them, the push to stop them is weaker. And tools that change live words, even for good reasons, make it harder to trust what we see.
