Man creates fake LinkedIn profile using AI; guess who reached out to invest?

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Updated At : 04:39 PM Feb 28, 2023 IST

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Chandigarh, February 28

Fake news profiles, accounts and mails have left people around the globe worried. You do not know who could be trapped into it.

In yet another case, a man created a fake LinkedIn profile using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Roshan Patel, a New York-based entrepreneur, made realistic images using a tool that creates AI-based content.

Roshan then went on to claim on Twitter that he made a fake LinkedIn profile of a startup founder using AI, and within 24 hours, a VC analyst reached out to invest.

“I created a fake LinkedIn profile of a founder. AI-generated white male face, Stripe alum, Stanford dropout, Going through YC, “polymath” Within 24 hours, I had a VC to reach out to invest,” he wrote.

The post has garnered over 45,000 likes and over 6.2 millions of impressions.

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