Deepfake ad showed an AI-generated Swift saying she was ‘thrilled’ to be handing out free cookware sets

Taylor Swift fans scammed by fake AI-generated endorsement for Le Creuset cookware::Deepfake ad showed an AI-generated Swift saying she was ‘thrilled’ to be handing out free cookware sets

  • veee@lemmy.caEnglish
    72·
    10 months ago

    The deepfake Swift urged viewers to click a button and answer a few questions before the end of the day. The ad then sent people to websites mimicking outlets such as the Food Network, highlighting news coverage of Le Creuset alongside testimonials from fake customers, the New York Times reported.

    Participants were asked to pay a “small shipping fee of $9.96” for the cookware […]

    Honestly, it’s impressive that the scam worked given the number of hoops people had to jump through. I suppose at a certain point you’re so committed that the red flags on the screen look like hearts.

    • FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      471·
      10 months ago

      Lately it seems like many Taylor Swift fans would slit someone’s throat for the opportunity to look at a pan that she might have touched one time

      • MeatPilot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        271·
        10 months ago

        I have a lot of trouble understanding celebrity worship for anyone.

        Don’t get me wrong I have favorite celebrities for movies/music. I give two shits what they do outside those mediums or what they have to say. At the end of the day we are all hopeless idiots regardless of status and I wouldn’t trust any of them as much as any other stranger. Because I don’t fucking KNOW them and they don’t know me.

        Anyhow I’m not pointing fingers at Taylor Swift or her fan club. This has perplexed me way before the current generation. People have been following strangers like silly sheep since 0 BC. I get there are some deep seed instincts in being a part of a group that get warped here… but good gravy some people need to step back and have an introspective moment to break their fixations.