Piers Morgan and Oprah Winfrey 'deepfaked' for US influencer's ads - BBC News

Piers Morgan and Oprah have criticised the use of AI deepfake ads used to promote a "manifestation" guide.

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Celebrities including Piers Morgan, Nigella Lawson and Oprah Winfrey have criticised the use of AI deepfake online adverts that gave the false impression they had endorsed a US influencer's controversial self-help course.

The adverts promoted the so-called "Genie Script", the centrepiece of a "manifestation" course sold for $37 (£29) a time by Wesley "Billion Dollar" Virgin.

He describes himself as a motivational coach who has 1.1 million followers on Instagram and claims to be worth $40m.

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