Taylor Swift fans scammed by fake AI-generated endorsement for Le Creuset cookware::Deepfake ad showed an AI-generated Swift saying she was ‘thrilled’ to be handing out free cookware sets

    • AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      But it’s a scam. They’re not buying le cruiser. They’re paying the shipping on a free gift through “Taylor’s” special website. They lose $10 and the scammer never sends anything.

    • barsoap@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      It’s also overpriced and generally far from made in France. De Buyer, OTOH, is actually good shit at a good price. If it’s tableware you want, Arc is French, good, and inexpensive.

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    11 months ago

    if you buy cookware because a singer told you to, you deserve to be scammed

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Is it a scam just because it was a fake ad? Le Creuset is like the finest glazed cookware you can buy. Their dutch ovens are sick.

    Edit: always read the article. It was a shipping and handling scam.

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    11 months ago

    If you’re braindead enough to just go out and buy anything a celebrity endorses, I don’t feel anything but derision for you.

    Most celebrities don’t even have the education or critical thought to back most of their wholly incompetent opinions, so people getting tricked by AI is really a non-issue since they’re dumb enough to think that what a celebrity talks about or endorses has any meaning or impact whatsoever.

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      11 months ago

      I have a bridge to sell, do you think they will buy it too? Would I need some celebrity AI? I smell money.

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      11 months ago

      This is hilarious to read because they didn’t run out to buy the item, they thought they were getting it for free and just had to pay shipping.

      Still not very savvy, but I would suggest you think long and hard next time before you attack other people for lacking critical thought and having “incompetent opinions.” Lol

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        11 months ago

        Yea, your intellectual dishonesty regarding this doesn’t really change the core of the matter of morons doing or believing anything a celebrity says or does.

        But good try

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          11 months ago

          Pretty clearly I didn’t miss anything because the other poster jumped in to defend what they said. But I suspect like the other poster you won’t want to admit how wrong you are.