Michael Mosley and other trusted TV docs increasingly 'deepfaked' for health scams, report READ MORE: Do I have to stop working if I have arthritis? Ask DR MARTIN SCURR By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 18:30 EDT, 17 July 2024 | Updated: 18:30 EDT, 17 July 2024 e-mail View comments It's almost too good to be true. A doctor you've seen on TV for decades advocating for a new revolutionary product on social media that big pharma prays you don't find out about and that could cure your ailments. But all is not as it seems.
Scammers are increasingly using AI technology to fake videos of famous TV doctors like Hilary Jones , Michael Mosley and Rangan Chatterjee to push their products to unsuspecting member of the public on social media. A new report, published in the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ), has warned of the growing rise of so-called 'deepfakes'. Scammers are increasingly using AI technology to fake videos of famous TV doctors like Hilary Jones, Michael Moseley and Rangan Chatterjee to push their products to unsuspecting member of the public on social media Deepfaking uses AI to map a digital likeness of a real-life human being onto a video of a body that isn’t theirs.
They've been used to create videos of politicians to make them seem inept and even for corporate heists and now they're being used to sell you dodgy 'cures'. Dr Jones is only one TV physician caught up in the trend, with a deepfake video of him endorsing a blood pressure c.
