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‘We’re living a Black Mirror episode’: Woman says company used AI to steal her likeness to create a deepfake ad

A woman claims that her likeness was stolen by an AI deepfake program to use for erectile dysfunction ads.

Michel Janse (@michel.c.janse) speculated that the internet is changing “fast” and that it’ll probably never be the same as folks have no choice but to question every single video or image they see online. That’s because she discovered that a company allegedly ripped footage from a social media post where she shared “vulnerable” commentary on her life. She says it happend while she was on her honeymoon, sharing, “So AI stole my likeness and created a deepfake ad of me promoting erectile dysfunction pills.”

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