Inside the influencer nightmare of being cloned for deepfake ads: ‘It’s you, but you know it’s not you’
Tech Inside the influencer nightmare of being cloned for deepfake ads: ‘It’s you, but you know it’s not you’ By Michael Kaplan Published July 26, 2026, 10:00 a.m. Add The New York Post on Google Karen Flowers, a 49-year-old beauty influencer based in Virginia, was recently sent a YouTube ad by her cousin. The clip featured an entity who looked just like Flowers promoting a life insurance company, but it wasn’t actually her.
- ▪Tech Inside the influencer nightmare of being cloned for deepfake ads: ‘It’s you, but you know it’s not you’ By Michael Kaplan Published July 26, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google Karen Flowers, a 49-year-old beauty influencer based in Virginia, was recently sent a YouTube ad by her cousin.
- ▪The clip featured an entity who looked just like Flowers promoting a life insurance company, but it wasn’t actually her.
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