An Ottawa couple is sharing their story of falling prey to fraudsters pushing phony investments to try and help others avoid the same fate.

It all started with an online video of what appeared to be Elon Musk promoting a new investment opportunity…

  • RalphWolfEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    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!

    • veeeOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Agreed! Anytime I get served a celebrity-endorsed ad I’ll watch the lipsync very carefully.

        • veeeOPEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          lol I usually skip them! But the deepfake ones are the most interesting and give me a chance to exercise that report button.