Women’s faces were stolen for AI ads pushing impotence pills and Putin
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Women's faces are being stolen and used in AI-generated ads to promote erectile dysfunction pills and other questionable products without their consent. This includes social media influencer Michel Janse and student Olga Loiek.
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Cheap, accessible AI tools make it easy for scammers to create realistic deepfakes by manipulating existing photos and videos. This victimizes people with even small online footprints.
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Victims feel violated but have limited legal recourse. Platform policies lag behind the AI technology, and tracking down scammers is difficult.
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The ads often promote dubious health products like "Boostaro" capsules. They splice real people's videos with adult content.
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Victims worried their friends or family might see these ads, like Carrie Williams, a mom and HR executive who was edited into an explicit deepfake video.