Melissa Sims said her nightmare began after she called police during an argument with her boyfriend, when she said he allegedly ransacked her home.

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    11 hours ago

    Welcome to fascism. Anyone (== law enforcement) will be able to produce fake evidence and send you to prison, or worse.

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    she said her boyfriend created an AI-generated text that called him names and made disparaging comments.

    Do you really need AI for that

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        13 hours ago

        Did he? I read the article and it seemed to omit any mention of that. It’s kind of implied by the word ‘deepfake’ but the exact role AI may have had here is not clear to me.

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    The article doesn’t make mention of it, but I hope the boyfriend faced criminal charges for that.

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    After eight months of legal wrangling by her attorney, prosecutors dropped the bond violation charge against her. And, last month, she went to trial on the battery charge and was acquitted.