The Pope's warnings are not just words; they are real.
Here is an example.
Fears deepfake advertisements for medicines putting people at riskPeople with Type 2 diabetes have been warned to be cautious about buying medicine online, after several ads featuring New Zealand doctors selling treatments for the disease were found to be fake.
The New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes said the deepfake videos were created using artificial intelligence with real footage, to make it look like a genuine doctor was speaking, when they were not.
President Dr Jo McClintock said she knew of at least three doctors whose image and names had been used by the scammers - one in November and two in the last two months - and several patients were thought to have bought the scam supplements.
"That's not to say there aren't more [doctors targeted]. It's only through people living with diabetes who have reached out, that we've been made aware of these social media posts.""People are are at risk taking unapproved treatments, potentially unsafe supplements and stopping their current prescribed medications."
McClintock said anyone who had paid for a product after seeing one of the ads should report it to police.
