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Melissa Sims said her nightmare began after she called police during an argument with her boyfriend, when she said he allegedly ransacked her home.

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

she said her boyfriend created an AI-generated text that called him names and made disparaging comments.

Do you really need AI for that

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

He made photos and videos as well

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Did he? I read the article and it seemed to omit any mention of that. It's kind of implied by the word 'deepfake' but the exact role AI may have had here is not clear to me.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

I guess they were speaking in general. I retract my previous statement.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 21 points 18 hours ago

Well some people need it for everything.