Fake AI celebrity endorsements of quack wellness cures are surging among the elderly Holly Seale, Saiful Islam | August 20, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/20/fake-ai-celebrity-endorsements-of-quack-wellness-cures-are-surging-among-the-elderly/ Paris Hilton’s mother Kathy recently tried the “Jell-O diet” to lose weight. She believed other celebrities – Oprah Winfrey, Doctor Oz, Michelle Obama and Kelly Clarkson – had endorsed it. But the diet was fake and so were the endorsements. Both had been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).