Millions of people watched Tom Cruise play golf and do magic tricks on TikTok.
Thing is, it's actually not Tom Cruise at all. It's a deepfake - meaning, technology to make it appear it's Tom Cruise, when in reality it isn't.
Vice writes:
I repeat: this is not really Tom Cruise.
I don't even want to begin what the implications are for this - especially in the pop music world.
Exhale, thoughts? Are you frightened? Intrigued? Sound off. BTW this is really me.