'Tool for grifters': AI deepfakes push bogus sexual cures


The trend underscores how rapid advances in artificial intelligence have fueled what researchers call an AI dystopia, a deception-filled online universe designed to manipulate unsuspecting users into buying dubious products. — Pixabay

WASHINGTON: Holding an oversized carrot, a brawny, shirtless man promotes a supplement he claims can enlarge male genitalia – one of countless AI-generated videos on TikTok peddling unproven sexual treatments.

The rise of generative AI has made it easy – and financially lucrative – to mass-produce such videos with minimal human oversight, often featuring fake celebrity endorsements of bogus and potentially harmful products.

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