Former NBA star Matt Barnes says he can't believe he has to clear the air on the latest rumor circulating the internet, but here he is ... denying an A.I. model scammed him out of a ton of money.
The chatter spread like wildfire over the past few days ... which stated the 14-year vet fell victim to a super-hot catfish who wound up with $61K of his hard-earned money.
His buddy Gilbert Arenas didn't do him any favors by breathing more life into it on his own podcast ... so now here he is, setting the record straight.
7:00 PM -- Attorney Joe Tacopina tells TMZ ... "Tyrone Blackburn is truly astonishing -- just when I thought his web of lies couldn’t sink to new lows, he manages to outdo himself yet again.
JT continues to tell us ... "Time after time, he’s been scolded by judges for fabricating cases or fined for falsifying legal matters, so it’s undoubtedly clear that he’s a pathological liar."
Joe ends with ... "It’s only a matter of time before he’s disbarred for making a complete mockery of the legal profession."
More drama in the Fat Joe civil case ... his accuser's attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, is getting called out for blaming a legal mistake on artificial intelligence software.
Here's the deal ... Fat Joe's attorneys filed legal docs claiming Tyrone cited cases that didn't exist in his opening brief, and then Tyrone blamed the mistakes on a LexisNexis AI feature.
Well, seems Tyrone's excuse made its way back to LexisNexis, and now the company is speaking out and pushing back against Tyrone.
Diddy can't stop hugging his fellow inmates and posing for pics with them ... at least that's how some new photos and videos make it seem, except those images are really just A.I. running amok!
There's a selfie floating around social media -- one inmate in the foreground as he snaps a pic of Diddy grinning and hugging another inmate ... and the pic even has a TMZ watermark on it. Looks legit, but we're here to bust your bubble.
While TMZ has obtained several real images of Diddy at Fort Dix federal prison ... this ain't one of 'em -- nor are the other crystal clear selfies you might have seen on social platforms. It's simply someone's clever use of A.I., and it's becoming more and more prevalent.
Trevor Jackson is a "Call Of Duty" superfan ... but he's not so crazy about sharing Billboard Chart space with artificial artists!!!
TMZ Hip Hop linked up with Trevor on Saturday afternoon at Monster Energy's epic "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" Launch Party in NYC and got his thoughts on the growing A.I. trend within the music industry.
Gayle King sat down with Telisha Jones—creator of the AI singer Xania Monet that's been on the Billboard Charts
Gayle King: They thought Xania Monet is a real person
Xania Monet isn't a real person but has a very real presence on the Billboard Airplay Chart and even has fans confusing her for an actual Grammy-winner ... Victoria Monet!!!
Artificial intelligence can put sound and lyrics together no problem ... but, it can't capture the heart of a human artist -- so says a country music star.
Here's the deal ... an A.I.-generated song titled "Walk My Walk" has gone viral in recent days -- with many vibing to the robot-manufactured hit.
However, one man who didn't like the track one bit was Blanco Brown ... who decided to race the proverbial steam engine just like John Henry, and create his own version of the song using an all-human team of producers, engineers and more.
Frank Grillo thinks the world is ready for an A.I. hero on the big screen ... 'cause he argues humans ain't fixing the world on their own!
We caught up with the actor at LAX on Thursday ... and we asked him about his upcoming film "Override" -- in which he will play an A.I. "synthetic angel," according to Variety.
Grillo says he believes the world's ready for such a hero because we aren't "making it happen" in terms of saving the world at this point.
Suzanne Somers’ husband Alan Hamel isn’t just keeping her memory alive ... he’s taking it next-level -- turning to A.I. to build a clone of her -- and he swears it’s exactly what Suzanne wanted.
Alan says this isn’t some spur-of-the-moment idea -- he and Suzanne had been talking it over for years, and now he’s knee-deep in what he calls the 'Suzanne A.I. Twin Project' … and he even gave folks a sneak peek with a demo at a conference earlier this year.
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Alan told PEOPLE he knew Suzanne better than anyone after 55 years together... so when it came to recreating her, he nailed it -- saying if you put the A.I. twin next to the real Suzanne, you’d barely know the difference.
The A.I. clone was fed all 27 of Suzanne’s books she wrote, plus hundreds of her interviews to perfect her look and voice ... and when Alan tossed a few questions its way at the demo, "Suzanne" answered right back ... leaving him, and everyone watching, totally blown away.
Alan says this isn’t just him hopping on the A.I. bandwagon -- he and Suzanne had been talking about the idea since the 1980s. And according to him, the whole family’s on board with it ... especially with keeping her memory alive following her October 2023 death from cancer.
Motown pioneer Smokey Robinson says there's a not-so "Quiet Storm" blowing through our lives with the emergence of A.I. ... and he suggests artists do what they can to protect themselves.
The soul and R&B legend told us at LAX Monday he thinks A.I. is "probably one of the most dangerous things that's ever happened."
According to Smokey, the only thing you can do to fight people using A.I. against you is try to own your image and likeness -- something he's already done.
The Sora A.I.-generated video tool may be the hot new toy from OpenAI ... but it’s already creating an explosion of drama -- with one influencer speaking out about how someone used it to fake a clip that made it look like she was flashing the camera!
Avori Strib tells TMZ the bogus Sora clip -- showing her exposing her chest in a deepfake video -- shines a floodlamp on the growing danger of unregulated A.I. technologies spitting out deeply invasive, harmful content -- especially using real-live people as subjects.
Strib says A.I. companies like OpenAI, Sora's parent, need to take real responsibility to protect people from privacy and identity violations.
Tony Rock understands why people are putting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in A.I. videos ... but, he says it's got to stop ... 'cause there are some people you just don't mock!
We caught up with the comedian at LAX on Friday ... and we had to ask him -- from a professional comic's perspective -- about his thoughts on Sora-created videos featuring A.I.-MLK -- like the one of him in a WWE ring, or behind the counter at KFC, just to name a couple recent examples.
Rock says he draws the line at MLK ... saying he can see the humor in some of the videos depicting 2Pac and Biggie-- though they have legacies he doesn't want to see tarnished either -- but, the impactful civil rights leader is simply a bridge too far.
Sora 2, OpenAI’s new A.I. video generator, is sparking big conversations ... and Sean Astin is weighing in on the artificially created chaos behind it.
We caught up with the actor -- who's also the president of the SAG-AFTRA union representing actors, filmmakers and other industry professionals -- on Monday at LAX ... and he’s calling the tech a "tsunami" sweeping over Hollywood.
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Astin says it’s time for studios and bosses to set real rules about what A.I. can and cannot touch if they want pros like him involved.
DJ Whoo Kid isn't scared of A.I. stealing any of his live festival gigs soon ... but he says artists like Mariah Careyand sucka DJs who are too busy doing TikToks have another thing coming!!!
TMZ Hip Hop got with the veteran Shade45 host outside the Louis Vuitton store in Bev Hills yesterday to talk on the growing concern within the music industry that A.I. is destined to replace creatives ... Whoo Kid says there is no concern -- UNLESS YOU SUCK.
Whoo Kid chose to use Mariah Carey as a shining example of an artist who could benefit from A.I., suggesting tech will restore her singing abilities -- but he'd still smash!!! His words, not ours, people.
If the world doesn't get its act together on A.I. -- and, all at the same time -- we're all gonna be screwed ... that's the no-BS warning tech ethicist Tristan Harris is dropping on us.
Harris was on "TMZ Live" Friday telling us the U.S. and China's A.I. arms race has countries around the world pumping out tech at breakneck speed, but he says that's a bad flex.
Instead, he says the real race should be over who can actually regulate A.I. -- but doing that is going to require the whole world teaming up.
Senator Amy Klobuchar is waging war against artificial intelligence after falling victim to a "horrible" and misleading deepfake ... in which she appeared to comment on Sydney Sweeney's "perfect titties."
We talked to the U.S. Senator from Minnesota Thursday on "TMZ Live," and she explained how the now-viral video was so much more than a mere prank. As she told us, people online were actually being duped by the altered video ... a reality that's left her concerned.
This is the AI-generated video of Sen. Amy Klobuchar we've been talking about this morning. An obvious deepfake, but it sounds just like her. https://t.co/e3ORXLD5p8
Klobuchar admitted the video looks pretty legit, given it was doctored footage from a real July committee hearing. Of course, the things she said in the viral video were nowhere near reality -- the senator was actually tackling citizens' privacy, and not Sydney's cleavage, that day.
Gavin Newsom just flexed his trolling skills big time ... posting an A.I. pic of himself getting blessed by the ultimate Trump celeb squad -- and Republicans are foaming at the mouth with fury!
On Sunday morning, California’s governor threw X into chaos with an A.I. fever dream ... Kid Rock, Tucker Carlson, and the late Hulk Hogan -- sprouting angel wings and a halo -- blessing him under the caption "so nice."
The image mimics other fan art of Trump -- which the prez has sometimes shared himself -- featuring various deceased celebs, and even Jesus, with their hands on the president's shoulders. Of course, Gavin's shot didn't land well with conservatives, with one outraged user slamming the post as "Very disrespectful and blasphemy!"
