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Women’s faces stolen for AI ads selling ED pills and praising Putin
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft, altering people’s social media posts to sell erectile dysfunction pills or praise Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Online criminals or state-sponsored disinformation programs are essentially “running a small business, where there’s a cost for each attack,” said Lucas Hansen, co-founder of the nonprofit CivAI, which raises awareness about the risks of AI. In one video, Loiek, who was born and raised in Ukraine, saw her clone — named Natasha — stationed in front of an image of the Kremlin, saying “Russia was the best country in the world” and praising President Vladimir Putin. YouTube said this month it was still working on allowing users to request the removal of AI-generated or other synthetic or altered content that “simulates an identifiable individual, including their face or voice,” a policy the company first promised in November.
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