Advice that comes from tech's resident prophet can be cause for concern, especially when he spouts nonsense. A recent video on social media showing Musk sharing investment opportunities is a deep fake. The video with deepfake Musk, which started popping up on some YouTube channels about a week ago, introduces a scam platform called BitVex that, contrary to its claims, does not steal the currency that users deposit into it. According to a poorly made video on BitVex's channel, the platform was started by Musk and developed by the best mathematicians fromTesla. The channel has 112,000 subscribers. A version of Musk's fake self had nearly half a million views by Thursday afternoon. It'sYikes. The real Musk is not me. Next-Level Sound can be experienced. Theater-like sound surrounds you with spatial audio with dynamic head tracking.
In the video, deepfake Musk talks about how the new BitVex project will provide individuals who deposit theircryptocurrencies in the platform with a 30% return on their investment every day within three months. The video doesn't raise red flags until both of them start talking. Their voices are barely audible.
If you watch the video, you will see that we are launching an investment platform that is working right now. Everyone can earn, deepfake Musk says in the video, a longer version of which can be viewed over at Bleeping Computer.
Anderson, who also appears in the video, sets off alarm bells as well.
The fake TED head asked why you were starting the project.
According to Bleeping Computer, deepfake Musk was one of many used by the scam to try to lure people to watch videos. The outlet stated that the scam began earlier in May and created fakes of high-profile people, including Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood.
The scam hasn't been very successful. Bleeping Computer was able to track $1,700 of deposits on the platform, but it stated that the real number could be higher. At the time of publication, the BitVex websites were down. The Musk deep fake was still online, as were the various shorts and the YouTube video with 90,000 views.
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