ChatGPT Images 2.0 Is Becoming a Market Fraud Tool with Deepfakes

Deepfakes have shifted from a niche concern to a mass-market threat. May’s incidents show how consumer-grade tools now outpace any institutional response. The damage extends into crypto. Scammers leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to create impersonation scams. The Deepfake Economy Is Here, and Detection Is Losing In early May 2026, AI-generated content showed up across politics,