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B eware of online medical scams. Fake AI doctors—some stealing real doctors’ faces and voices—are hawking dubious healthcare products online.

Last week, the New York Times delved into the ways scammers are using increasingly prevalent AI tools to create likenesses of real medical doctors to promote “liquid pearls” for weight loss and high-dose (potentially dangerous) supplements. An earlier CBS News investigation found dozens of accounts and more than 100 videos in which fictitious doctors—some using real ones’ identities—gave medical advice or sold dubious products. D

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