“This is not a fake, this is a real giveaway. I personally guarantee it to you,” one of 35 deepfake versions of Elon Musk promised.
YouTube was again flooded with deep fake versions of Elon Musk on Thursday, with scammers hoping to dupe space lovers trying to catch the latest launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket.
Over 35 YouTube channels live-streamed an artificial intelligence-generated fake voice of Musk promising to return double the amount of crypto to those who deposited in the scheme, cybersecurity researchers at Avast Threat Labs said in a June 6 X post.
The scammy streams coincided with Musk’s SpaceX fourth test launch of its giant reusable Starship rocket. The real livestream showed it survived re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere, splashing down as planned in the Indian Ocean.