SOUTH LOS ANGELES -- Has artificial intelligence become so good and so advanced that you can no longer tell what is real and what is fake? One South Los Angeles family thinks we've reached that point.

"I'm sickened by it because it went this far," Vivian Ruvalcaba told 7 On Your Side Investigates. "Why didn't I know this? Why didn't I see what was happening? What did I miss?"

Ruvalcaba wishes she had known sooner what her mother, Abigail, was doing online. Abigail had been texting a scammer who was sending her deepfake videos, pretending to be "General Hospital" star Steve Burton.

Burton has played the leading role of "Jason Morgan" since 1991 and is a fan favorite.

Ruvalcaba was able to save one of the videos the scammer sent her mother. 7 On Your Side Investigates showed the video t

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