How an AI Brad Pitt conned a woman out of €850k, triggering online mockery

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Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt has put out a statement, after a French woman was swindled into sending her life savings – €850k – after being scammed by his AI likeness. The woman appeared on primetime television on French channel TF1, claiming the fraudster sent daily photos, videos and even IDs as Brad Pitt, claiming the money was needed for secret cancer treatment. Her story has unleashed a torrent of widespread cyberbullying, memes and mockery online. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.

France24