WF-QL8Z3C
Purported AI-Generated Doctor Deepfakes Reportedly Used Guy's and St Thomas' Branding to Market Weight Loss Patches
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust warned that purported AI-generated videos circulated on Facebook and TikTok depicted its clinicians endorsing weight loss patches. The videos allegedly impersonated doctors and used misleading medical claims to market a product.
- Date it happened
- 2026-01-09
- Organisation involved
- Scammers
- Product, system or model
- TikTok, Social media platforms, Facebook, Deepfake technology, Synthetic audio generation technology
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