Shatner Exposes Fake AI Page, Warns of Online Misinformation

It's April 2nd.

This is Entertainment and celebrity news today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight.

William Shatner just exposed a shady Facebook page pumping out fake AI stories about him,

claiming he had stage 4 brain cancer got into a fight.

With Erica Kirk and was on his deathbed, those lies were all monetized to make cash, and

after Shatner called them out online, Facebook stepped in and shut the whole Beanstalk Functions

group.

He laid down for breaking their rules.

Shatner held off posting his warning until Thursday because he dropped it on April

Fools' Day and did not want anyone thinking it was a prank.

He laid it all out clear, stressing how these bogus tails spread like wildfire even though

not one word rang true.

Fans fell forward hard, reposting the stories everywhere, and flooding Shatner and his

family with messages of support, which hid him right in the heart.

While the scammers raked in the dough, Metta confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that the

page violated policies and is gone for good as of Thursday afternoon.

Reporters tried hitting up Versel, the folks behind Next.js, and Beanstalk directly, but

the email bounced and there is no active website in sight.

In the end, Shatner is using this mess to shine a light on AI-fakes running wild online,

reminding us all to double check before we share and spread.