In a few years, the internet is going to be very weird and very dangerous… (more than it already is).

The internet is already dangerous. I have seen video ads that were ai generated, and the product does not work at all the way they present it. In the clips you can notice, for example, that things are already being cut before the knife even touches them, or that a sponge is… pic.twitter.com/yTTvYrR6lu

— Niebieski Astronauta 🇵🇱 (@Stasiu_Botowski) September 25, 2026

June 11, 2026 — Fake “mega plane” video fools viewers

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/06/fact-check-fake-video-shows-white-mega-plane-with-multiple-decks-between-cockpit-and-main-body-taking-off.html

A supposedly gigantic multi-level aircraft taking off was AI-generated. Lead Stories found obvious aircraft-design problems and an AI detector rated it 99.6% likely to be AI-generated.

August 14, 2026 — Fake helicopter crash video spreads

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/08/fact-check-fake-video-shows-helicopter-landing-upside-down-in-a-field.html

Another realistic-looking aviation clip showed a helicopter supposedly landing upside down. It was AI-generated and circulated across social media.

September 17, 2026 — AI video puts police inside a polling station

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/09/fact-check-fake-video-shows-masked-police-officers-walking-around-polling-station-looking-at-how-people-are-voting.html

This is a nastier version of the same problem because the fake footage depicts an event that could actually happen and attaches it to a politically explosive claim.

September 17, 2026 — Meta ordered to remove deepfakes

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/17/meta-ordered-remove-deepfakes-oversight-board-inadequate-safeguards

Meta’s Oversight Board criticized the company’s handling of AI-generated deepfake videos involving a British politician and a Muslim campaigner and ordered the material removed.

September 2026 — AI personas start running scams

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/995348/ai-dating-app-scams

The problem has moved from fake pictures to fake people carrying conversations. The dating-app operation described by Anthropic used AI personas to maintain apparently human relationships around the clock.