Key Points
- A real sexual harassment lawsuit against a JPMorgan executive triggered massive coverage
- AI deepfakes quickly flooded social media depicting fictional scenarios
- Fakes included fake date scenes, a Fifty Shades parody, and action sequences
- The phenomenon has been dubbed real story fakes
- Experts warn it is now nearly impossible to distinguish real evidence from AI fabrications
- The case could set precedents for AI deepfake liability
Why It Matters
This marks a terrifying new chapter in AI misinformation. It is one thing when AI fakes a fictional event, another when AI generates fake evidence around a real scandal. Every piece of video, audio, or photo evidence is now suspect. The legal system is completely unprepared for a world where anyone can generate convincing evidence of anything.