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Advertisers are using images of well-loved celebrities to hawk their wares and I don’t know how they get away with it.

The latest one I saw was a video of Tom Hanks promoting a dental plan, but fortunately, Mr. Hanks went on several talk shows warning that his AI image was being used and he was not endorsing any dental plan.

Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Garner, and others are being used to promote giveaway items like mixers and cookware for free. All that’s required is a small shipping fee but the advertiser then has the customer's credit card information.

1 posted on 05/07/2024 8:34:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Keep the faith y’all! I solemnly assure you that EVERYTHING you read here on FR is 100% absolutely truth. Seriously!


2 posted on 05/07/2024 8:37:27 AM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Everything in the “search engines” is fake too, filtering out anything that doesn’t align with the official narrative.


3 posted on 05/07/2024 8:38:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks for posting. I will use this as evidence to convince my wife that was NOT me in those porn films. I feel vindicated.


4 posted on 05/07/2024 8:38:41 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I drink coffee because my doctor said meth was bad for me.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What all does the writer consider is “social media”.

Is American Thinker and this venue right here NOT part of “social media”.

Is everything on American Thinker and everything here “fake”.

Was the writer from American Thinker an AI robot?


6 posted on 05/07/2024 8:41:08 AM PDT by Wuli ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

If it weren’t for it being the one place to meet with my old classmates, former students, and friends, I would quit Facebook for something very similar to this. Every time I post a response in a public forum, within a few minutes (sometimes a few seconds) I begin to get “likes” and replies across the board, up to a dozen at times, from an AI-created cougar telling me how wonderful I am and how she really would like to talk to me. This requires that I go through the blocking process, then removing any messages I can, just to rid my profile of the scam. It’s very bothersome, of course.


7 posted on 05/07/2024 8:41:35 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: SeekAndFind

Abe Lincoln was right.


9 posted on 05/07/2024 8:42:43 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have sharpened my debating skills with the version of AI that I have (Copilot), and have found that it has been programmed to be a defensive leftist...


11 posted on 05/07/2024 8:43:59 AM PDT by richardtavor ( )
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"do not trust any video you see, especially any that asks you for personal info or credit cards."

Jim is still trustworthy. No videos yet...


15 posted on 05/07/2024 8:50:16 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: SeekAndFind

Chuck Norris and Musk images are abused everywhere. Just plain images, not even AI. It is so patently absurd.


17 posted on 05/07/2024 8:51:18 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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Next they'll be telling us a nice guy like this...



... could brutally kill his ex-wife and her companion.



21 posted on 05/07/2024 9:04:31 AM PDT by Bratch
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especially beware of ‘medical videos’ on the net- as most are absolute rubbish with false information at best, deadly info at worst- use actual verified medical sites with clinical trials to back up info and to verify any claims in videos on social media

most ‘doctors’ on social media are hucksters with naturalist backgrounds that tout herbs and vitamins, and minerals etc as having powers that they simply do not have- claiming to cure everything from indigestion to pancreatic cancer- and usually, the real quacks will have their own “Propriety formulas” touted as ‘much better’ than standard vitamins and herbs-

Learn to spot the red flags of hucksters- ie ‘propriety blend’ ‘the medical community doesn’t want you to know this secret’ ‘has completely cured (insert uncurable disease here) when other medications have failed” etc lots of red flags by these hucksters-


24 posted on 05/07/2024 9:16:05 AM PDT by Bob434
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From the article title: I have found that thanks to the technical advances in media manipulation, nothing is credible anymore.

Anymore? It was never credible. Now it's just more obvious.

26 posted on 05/07/2024 9:38:12 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Truer words were never spoken (or written). I joined Fakebook only for access to a group that is relative to one of my hobbies. Virtually everything not related to those groups is 100% fake. Zillions of posts about ancient civilizations and UFO’s, complete with fake AI images, constant product advertisements, sales pitches on how to cure diabetes by taking two tablespoons of..., and on and on. BTW, did you know Metformin has been recalled? Me neither. So many medical misinformation posts, yet if one tried to post a known fact about the clot shots it would be deleted in a heartbeat.

I hope to be able to glean the information I need from my hobby groups and GTH off of Fakebook ASAP. What a vast wasteland.


27 posted on 05/07/2024 9:39:16 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Even before there was an internet, the primary deception of the newspapers was the pretense they knew what was going on.


30 posted on 05/07/2024 10:17:36 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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Thanks captain obvious....I didn’t know that, not even a clue.


31 posted on 05/07/2024 10:36:35 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: SeekAndFind

Already figured that out. Thanks. Lies, lies and more lies.


32 posted on 05/07/2024 10:41:19 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are some very good comments at the link.


33 posted on 05/07/2024 11:27:28 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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Things are very different. I was on the net from the beginning.

There are few real searches. the search algorithm are no where near as precise.

There doesn’t seem to be any more Soundex. The spelling checkers do not seem to be nearly as intutive as previous.

The spell checker and grammar checkers seem to be less functional

perhaps I am imagining?


35 posted on 05/07/2024 12:54:42 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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“If you are on a social network like Facebook, Instagram or TikTok ....”

Well, there’s a big part of your problem right there.


36 posted on 05/07/2024 6:06:13 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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