First came the scandal. Then the deepfakes came.
And somewhere there, as the Wall Street Journal points out, the internet entered an even more dangerous time: the one where artificial intelligence is no longer limited to spreading false news, but creates whole fakes «visual realities» They look real.
A cause stood a severe lawsuit of a former JPMorgan worker, who accuses a female bank executive of sexual harassment and extortion over his professional development.
The bank argues that an internal investigation did not confirm the allegations, while the female executive side states that the charges are false and that there was never a sexual or sexual relationship between the two sides.
But even before the case was brought to court, the Internet had already taken out its own. «Decision».
The fake videos that became viral
Within a few days, platforms such as X and Instagram were filled with artificial intelligence videos that featured the two protagonists of the case in scenes that never happened.
In one of the clips, the woman appears to dance provocatively in a JPMorgan office while her colleagues throw away dollars.
In another, he caress the former worker while he works in his office with the caption. «50 Shades of JP Morgan»One more video shows them supposedly together at Met Gala.
As the Wall Street Journal observes, the most disturbing video was not even the most extreme. It was the one that showed the two sitting smiling in coffee drinking wine, as if it were a secret personal moment that was accidentally recorded.
Just because it seemed absolutely possible and everyday, it became even more convincing.
Filmmaking is evolving...📲🧑💻👩💻
Soon, AI will create scenes more real than reality 🎬🔥
No sets, no locations – just AI and animation 🎬 And this is just a glampse of recent sex scandal Chirayu Rana and JP Morgan Executive Director Lorna Hajdini 👀 pic.twitter. com/XSL6lMRlg J
— Anurag Singh (@anurag ce) May 2, 2026
The era where «See» And we believe
The big change, according to the Wall Street Journal, is that the lie is now transmitted not only by words, but by images that look real.
«We believe the images», tells the American newspaper Danielle Citron, professor of law at the University of Virginia and specialist in digital abuse.
And that's really worrying.
Even when AI videos are flawed or slightly similar «That's weird.»They deeply affect the perception of the public.
Wall Street Journal invokes Microsoft research according to which people manage to distinguish whether an image is true or produced by AI only in 62% of cases — A little better than throwing heads-up.
The new weapon of the online transit
JPMorgan's case shows something much bigger than a corporate scandal.
It shows how artificial intelligence turns into a mass online transit tool.
As the Wall Street Journal comments, it is now enough a few minutes and a chatbot such as the X Grok to create a fake video with real faces.
And because the content that causes shock, anger or gossip brings clicks, views and money, the financial incentive is enormous.
Content creators, influence accounts and ordinary users now have a new weapon in their hands: «direct» digital scandals that look real.
From the Depp – Heart trial in the new AI era
Danielle Citron compared what is happening today with the trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heart in 2022.
That case had turned into a huge online spectacle, with YouTubers and TikTok creators analyzing daily every moment of the trial, drastically affecting public opinion.
But then there were no AI videos yet. Today, artificial intelligence adds something far more powerful: false «evidence».
The lawsuits against xAI and Grok
The matter has already begun to pass in the courtrooms.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, group lawsuit filed in January turns against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that chatbot Grok allowed the mass creation and dispersion of false naked images of women and children.
Meanwhile, Ashley St. Clair — Influencer and mother of one of Musk's children — She also filed a lawsuit for sexualized deepfakes targeting her.
These cases may determine in the future how far the legal responsibility of technological companies goes when AI tools are used for slander, extortion or digital abuse.
Η «συνθετική αλήθεια» γίνεται το νέο πρόβλημα
Το πιο ανησυχητικό συμπέρασμα της Wall Street Journal είναι ίσως ότι αυτό που βλέπουμε σήμερα είναι μόνο η αρχή.
Η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη κάνει πλέον εφικτή τη μαζική παραγωγή «συνθετικών ψεμάτων» που φαίνονται αληθινά, διαδίδονται γρήγορα και επηρεάζουν συνειδήσεις πριν υπάρξει οποιαδήποτε επιβεβαίωση ή διάψευση.
Και όσο οι πλατφόρμες ανταμείβουν το σοκ, την οργή και τη viral διαπόμπευση, τόσο περισσότερο θα ενισχύεται αυτή η νέα βιομηχανία ψηφιακής χειραγώγησης.
«Θα δούμε πολύ μεγαλύτερη εργαλειοποίηση αυτού του είδους συνθετικού ψεύδους», προειδοποιεί η Citron στη Wall Street Journal.
Και ίσως αυτό να είναι το πιο ανησυχητικό στοιχείο απ’ όλα: ότι στην εποχή της AI, το επόμενο μεγάλο σκάνδαλο του διαδικτύου μπορεί να μη συνέβη ποτέ — αλλά εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι θα το έχουν ήδη «δει» με τα μάτια τους.
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