Deep love or deepfake? Dating in the time of AI


In general, dating apps do not notify users who have communicated with a scammer once the fraudster's account has been removed or issue alerts about how to avoid being scammed, as required in the proposed new bill. — Unsplash

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON: Beth Hyland thought she had met the love of her life on Tinder.

In reality, the Michigan-based administrative assistant had been manipulated by an online scam artist who posed as a French man named 'Richard', used deepfake video on Skype calls and posted photos of another man to pull off his con.

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