So… remember a couple weeks ago when everyone was freaking out over that TikTok video of Tom Cruise that turned out to NOT be Tom Cruise?
Some actor had just used deepfake technology to make his face look like the Mission: Impossible star to go viral. It worked.
The whole internet was talking about it for about a day, and among the more salient discussion points was a very real fear that deepfakes had gotten so good people would start to use them to commit crimes.
Well… that didn’t take long. Related: Marilyn Manson Accused Of Spying On His Houseguests A woman has been arrested in Chalfont, Pennsylvania after allegedly creating deepfakes of some of her daughter’s rivals.
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