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Deepfakes of Elon Musk, Tom Hanks, MrBeast and Taylor Swift power investment, product and giveaway scams

From Tom Hanks' dental-plan deepfake to MrBeast giveaways and thousands of Elon Musk crypto livestreams, celebrity deepfakes became the dominant form of AI-enabled consumer fraud on social platforms in 2023-24.

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