The Deepfake Ad Playbook: How to Spot a Fabricated Celebrity Endorsement
Real physicians and researchers have had genuine footage of themselves altered with AI and re-released as fake product endorsements they never gave. We looked at the documented cases and the practical signals that can help a viewer catch one.
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