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World Service,04 Oct 2025,17 mins

Deepfaking disability

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A growing industry of content creators is teaching people how to make money from AI models, promising quick profits. Their strategy: steal content, alter faces with AI, and funnel users from Instagram to adult platforms. And one trend has caught the internet’s attention - Down’s Syndrome deepfakes. Rowan Ings and Nathalie Jimenez dive into the growing world of AI deepfakes, how it works, and hear from victims about the human cost of turning AI into a business of exploitation. Reporters: Rowan Ings and Nathalie Jimenez Producer: Nathalie Jimenez Editor: Flora Carmichael

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