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Nobody is safe from celebrity AI deepfakes

The fake Instagram post of actress Mia Goth came just days after her divorce filing; it fooled people because it sounded entirely plausible.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Newsroom
Published 10:10 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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First reported by The Verge: “Nobody is safe from celebrity AI deepfakes”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:10 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: AI.

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The VergeNobody is safe from celebrity AI deepfakes

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAn Instagram post showed actress Mia Goth, days after filing for divorce, in a shirt reading MY EX IS MY BIGGEST FAN.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt was an AI deepfake.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe shirt is fire, though. Whoever made it has better PR instincts than every real publicist in Hollywood.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt fooled people because it sounded exactly like something a person would wear out of spite.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat is the whole trick, and it works on all of us.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo how do you even tell?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYou often can't, which is the story.

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