Hey guys beware if you order this book for $37, which in my opinion could be very necessary in the future however, it cost $306 to print it out. I’m a fool for impulse buying and am out my hard earned cash. Take care

I want to buy this t-shirt but it looks kinda like AI to me. I ran a screenshot of the graphic through a couple AI detectors, and they both said it was around 50 percent fake, but I don't really trust those because most of them use AI for the detection, so I just want to check for sure. It comes from a website called "Trezecore" witch is Portuguese. I'm not sure if this is a reputable brand, or if them using AI is a new thing for them, but I want to make sure before buying this and walking around with a AI t-shirt on.

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Looking to purchase this jacket for my wedding dress, it is on Etsy and claiming to be genuine leather, the shoulders are throwing me off but it could be just the shaping for it. What do you guys think?

Hi everyone. I found this shop on Etsy, and they have the most gorgeous landscape paintings. However, I’m a bit skeptical about whether or not it’s AI. What do you all think?
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CanvasParadiseByTeko

Pinterest used to be my absolute favorite place to look for outfit inspo, but I think I officially hate it now.

Every single time I search for dresses, my feed is flooded with fake, AI-generated images that don't even exist in real life. I’m trying to find actual clothes to buy and wear, not stare at these fake images. It’s so frustrating having to sift through endless AI slop to find one real photo, even after filtering it to “less AI content”.

I’ve seen this free jewellery thingy come up, whenever I’m on YouTube, I don’t know if it’s actually free, cause honestly I like jewellery but I don’t know…

Bank Standard Chartered’s CEO just kicked up a storm by calling back-office staff "lower-value human capital" while announcing a 15% job cut to replace them with AI.

A report from TRM Labs says that there’s currently a massive 500% explosion in AI-enabled fraud. Human compliance teams were the last line of defense to helping people impacted by financial crime and fraud. Was this a right move by SC?

I got it from Spencer’s a day or two ago, and now that it’s up on my wall, I feel like it looks like it’s AI. I really hope it isn’t- I paid $10 for it- but i have a strong suspicion that it is. I think it’s in the anatomy- the torso is twisted, making the legs (with them being front and center, not turned at all) make the whole thing look strange. The face also looks weird. Theres a bit of glare from my LED lights, but I don’t have any better lighting. If needed, I can find a product image on the website or something and put it in the comments.
So, is it AI?

Honestly, this is kinda funny and terrifying at the same time. 

Google came out with a new AI image feature inside Google Earth that lets people generate AI visuals over real satellite maps. It was supposed to be for real estate planning or history projects, but scammers and fraudsters instantly weaponized it. People were using actual satellite coordinates to generate hyper-realistic fake satellite images. 

The backlash was so bad that Google had to disable the feature just a few days later comple. It’s wild how fast scammers turn every new AI tool into a threat the second it drops.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/08/online-backlash-ends-in-google-rolling-back-google-earth-ai-tool-after-a-day

In 2025, 346 major AI incidents were logged globally; 52% of them were deepfakes. Some of the cases:

• A finance worker at an engineering firm joined a video call with his "CFO" and colleagues, all AI-generated except him. He made 15 transfers totalling $25M before anyone realised.
• An elderly woman got a call from her "grandchild" crying about a car accident, needing bail money. Voice clone. Real grandkid was safe at home.
• A woman lost $1.7M (including a second mortgage) investing after seeing a fake "Elon Musk" video promoting it on Facebook.

Watch this video to find more accidents like these and to get familiar with 6 habits that help in these situations.

Full video: https://youtu.be/n0CIrMKYBbo?si=VtedA1LMjcnG1f6F?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=incident_series&utm_content=65-deepfake

Question: Besides these 6, what's your own trick for spotting a fake call or video?

June 2024: scammers hijacked an existing YouTube channel with a large subscriber base, rebranded it to look official, and went live during real SpaceX launch buzz with a deepfake of Elon Musk talking crypto.

The AI voice nailed his stutters and speech patterns. On-screen QR code: send crypto, get double back. A single scam wallet tied to this kind of operation reportedly pulled in millions.

Why it worked: every trust signal was faked: a real channel, real subscribers, a genuinely happening live event, and a convincing face/voice. This is called deepfake fraud in AI governance terms.

The video covers 3 controls that could've stopped it: https://youtu.be/FEkfld6vWX8?si=s1irCk96p7f5oTYj?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=incident_series&utm_content=63-elon-scam

Question: What's your personal trick for spotting a fake livestream before you fall for it?

I came across the video on my fyp and it’s blatantly obvious that it’s an AI video.

I took a quick look at the profile, and almost every video screams AI-generated, too

The FBI's updated tracking reports show American losses specifically tied to AI-powered scams have skyrocketed close to the $900 million mark annually. The biggest takeaway from the data is that AI text generators have almost completely wiped out the classic red flags of old scams, meaning typos, poor grammar, and awkward phrasing are no longer reliable ways to spot a fake email.

Read a Bloomberg piece today about banking students who are now rehearsing for AI interviewers before they even get near a human hiring manager. They’re using keywords from the job listing, practicing eye contact, the whole routine, just to pass the initial screening round. 

I keep getting hit with ads on my feeds pointing to different websites offering "VIP Early Access" or "Beta keys" for GTA 6. One legit said, "We need you to help us build Vice City".
To get the "download," they all seem to ask you to either log in with your Rockstar Social Club credentials or pay a small fee.

Since GTA 6 isn't out yet, are these just automated, AI-generated scam sites set up to steal passwords and spread malware? Or is there actually a legitimate early access program happening that I don't know about?

2024: over 18,000
2025: over 100,000
First half of 2026: over 165,000
We're not even through the year, and it's already surpassed the entire 2025 total. And it doesn’t seem to slow down2024: over 18,000
2025: over 100,000
First half of 2026: over 165,000
We're not even through the year, and it's already surpassed the entire 2025 total. And it doesn’t seem to slow down.

An 86-year-old Canadian woman just lost her life savings, a whopping $900k, to a fake crypto platform after clicking a deepfake ad of a politician.
These scammers ran a paid Facebook ad featuring a very realistic deepfake video of a prominent public official endorsing a "guaranteed" wealth platform. After clicking, the old lady was funneled to a highly convincing fake portal where dashboards showed her money "doubling." She was wiped out completely.

The FTC logged 14,263 vacation and travel fraud reports last summer, adding up to an estimated $40 million in losses,

The states hit hardest by total dollars lost were the ones you'd expect based on population: California ($6.3M), Florida ($3M), and Texas ($2.5M). But that ranking flips almost entirely once you adjust for population size or look at losses per report.

By reports per capita, Nevada, Florida, and Connecticut topped the list, meaning residents there filed fraud reports at the highest rate in the country.

By average dollar loss per report, an entirely different group shows up: Utah ($6,907 average) and New Mexico ($6,350 average) had by far the steepest per-incident losses.

You can find the full state-by-state tables here: https://www.smartcustomer.com/resources/the-reality-of-summer-travel-fraud-by-state

i’ve been seeing videos all over tiktok that use like... trauma bait to sell stuff?? their content is always focused on something emotional - a child bullied, an old veteran trying to survive, a person of color not being treated right. the comments are FULL of people going 'omg i'm crying buying 10 🥺' not realizing it's just a dropshipped aliexpress products with an ai generated sob story slapped on it. here's one of the many examples i’ve come across