Two law firms, Humphries Kerstetter and Richardson Hartley Law, are launching a multi-billion pound group action for British users who accuse Meta of enabling scam adverts on Facebook and Instagram. One claimant lost £140,000 after a deepfake Martin Lewis video. Meta says it removed more than 159 million scam adverts last year.
Fraudsters used an AI-generated image of Mediaset presenter Safiria Leccese, set in her Super partes studio, in a video offering an 'easy' personal loan to solicit money. She told the weekly Nuovo that several people fell for it within an hour. The postal police found two more fake profiles and blocked them, but have not identified the scammers.
AI startup Artisan's bus and subway ads for its AI assistant Ava appeared to use KC Green's 'This is fine' dog, flames and all, declaring 'My pipeline is on fire'. Green, who said his art was 'stolen like AI steals', told TechCrunch they settled. Artisan pulled the New York and San Francisco ads, and Green deleted his post.
