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A deepfake version of Mark Carney keeps trying to get me to sign up for scam crypto exchanges. Clicking the report link does nothing. With all the money that G
by Sanzig 1y ago
A deepfake version of Mark Carney keeps trying to get me to sign up for scam crypto exchanges. Clicking the report link does nothing.
With all the money that Google has plowed into AI, they clearly could solve this problem if they want to. The fact that it's still an issue means they don't care, or are happy to take the ad money from the fraudsters.
- mitthrowaway2 1y agoI'm seeing the same ad. There's no way that can be legal to broadcast.
- AlexandrB 1y agoThe problem is enforcement. Legal or not, it's extremely unlikely that law enforcement will pursue these kinds of scams.
- throwawayben 1y agoyeah I had a deep fake Kier Starmer tell me about some investment opportunity with guaranteed returns.
- mindslight 1y agoWhere is the "ads are just a way of telling people about things they might want" crowd? heh.
- rchaud 1y agoThey live in the pages of an economics textbook, blissfully untethered from reality.
- PaulHoule 1y agoI can make that argument wholeheartedly, not even as a “steelman” when it comes to legitimate advertising but so much of it is criminal, morally if not legally —- and the victim is not just the viewer but also the advertiser which is running ads that are completely mistargeted, that damage their brand, or get fraudulent clicks —- I remember the layout of anandtech always shifting around so you would try to click on a link and just before you did an ad would slide under your finger and ka-Ching! Was it by accident or design. On the other hand I’ve known people who sold ads for newspaper and radio and all of them had some sense of ethics.
- cjs_ac 1y agoAn investment opportunity with guaranteed returns is something I would definitely want if it actually existed.
- themafia 1y agoRight behind the "regulatory agencies are asleep at the switch" crowd. If you build /anything/ there will be people who dedicate time to learning how to abuse it for profit. We don't live in Narnia.