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AI-generated fake women are being used to scam money from men online—exposing a gap in platform defenses

AI-generated fake women are being used to scam money from men online—exposing a gap in platform defenses

A medical student created fake photos and videos of a fictional conservative woman using generative AI (software that creates synthetic images and video from text descriptions) and sold them to men online for thousands of dollars. He is one of several people running similar scams, targeting men who believe they are interacting with real women.

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