It's Monday, July 21st.
I'm Jane Costen, and this is What A Day,
the show that is not feeling great about new research showing that chat GPT can induce mental health crises.
Not feeling great about that at all.
On today's show,
President Donald Trump sues The Wall Street Journal for at least $10 billion over an article claiming he sent a lewd birthday card to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
And CBS pulls the plug on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
But first, let's talk about artificial intelligence.
Not the weird AI Facebook slop in which Trump singlehandedly rescues a dog from a flood.
No, today we're talking about deepfakes.
This month,
the State Department confirmed reports that an imposter reached out to at least five high-ranking government officials claiming to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The contacts included a U.S. senator, a governor, and a handful of foreign ministers.
and the imposter used texts, signal messages, and most concerningly, voicemail.
And it's not the first time a member of the Trump administration has been impersonated by AI.
Here's Fox News back in May.
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
The Wall Street Journal reporting that an unknown suspect was acting as Wiles over calls and texts to big time Republicans and business executives.
The impersonator reportedly was asking for cash and pardon advice.
Reports also say A.I. may have been involved to imitate her voice.