US EditionDeepfake AI Pastors Are Scamming Churchgoers
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Deepfake AI Pastors Are Scamming Churchgoers
Churches across the United States are dealing with a new kind of grift. It’s one that targets those of faith: AI-generated Deepfakes of pastors asking their congregations for money. The technology has gotten so good that scammers don’t need to skim off the top of a collection plate. They just need a trusting, familiar face. The most common targets of this new scam are pastors with large online followings. Their fame and constant media presence m…
BIGSTOCK In recent months, religious communities in the United States have faced a worrying phenomenon. Videos that seem to show their leaders preaching and soliciting donations have multiplied in TikTok, but the surprising thing is that those videos are not real. They have been created by artificial intelligence capable of replicating the voice, gestures and expressions of pastors surprisingly precisely. For many believers, distinguishing the t…
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