AI actors and deepfakes aren’t coming to YouTube ads. They’re already here.

Is that Hoda Kotb hawking diet pills on YouTube? No, but it sure looks and sounds like her.

For the past 40 years, Henry and Margaret Tanner have been crafting leather shoes by hand from their small workshop in Boca Raton, Florida. “No shortcuts, no cheap materials, just honest, top notch craftsmanship,” Henry says in a YouTube advertisement for his business Tanner Shoes.

What’s even more remarkable?

Henry …

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