The Deepfake Era Just Got Real: Someone's Pretending to Be Marco Rubio

The Deepfake Era Just Got Real: Someone’s Pretending to Be Marco Rubio


Several of us here at PJ Media have been writing about the positives and negatives of AI in recent weeks. What the Washington Post reported on Tuesday definitely falls into the latter category.

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Someone is using AI to pretend to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 

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You might be thinking, so what? People try to scam us all the time. Personally, I get texts pretty much daily now from “police” telling me I need to pay my Florida toll fees or my Georgia traffic tickets. I haven’t had a toll fee since 2023, and I haven’t gotten a traffic ticket since 2018. I’m all paid up. 

This is a bit more high-profile, however. The scammer contacted “foreign ministers, a U.S. governor, and a member

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