{"id":113177,"date":"2026-09-09T15:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistani-celebrities-embrace-ai-80s-trend-as-fans-question-deepfake-risks-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:59:06","slug":"pakistani-celebrities-embrace-ai-80s-trend-as-fans-question-deepfake-risks-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistani-celebrities-embrace-ai-80s-trend-as-fans-question-deepfake-risks-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani celebrities embrace AI \u201880s trend as fans question deepfake risks | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viral trend has prompted questions over consent, privacy and risks of feeding personal images into AI platforms<\/p>\n

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Social media was taken over by AI this week as people around the world, including Pakistani celebrities, turned to ChatGPT to imagine what they might have looked like in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

While the trend quickly went viral, it also drew criticism, with users raising concerns about the misuse of AI, deepfakes, privacy and identity theft.<\/p>\n

On Instagram, several celebrities and entertainment pages, including Saboor Aly and Yasir Hussain, shared AI-generated images of themselves reimagined as 1980s stars.<\/p>\n

The posts prompted some fans to question the growing use of AI for such content.<\/p>\n

Mashion <\/em>was among the first to join the trend, sharing AI-generated images of Mahira Khan alongside Mawra Hocane, Ayeza Khan, Anmol Baloch, Sanam Saeed, Aina Asif and Zara Noor Abbas.<\/p>\n

In the caption, the page wrote, \u201c80s glam meets today\u2019s biggest stars. We reimagined Pakistani actresses as leading ladies of a different era, and honestly, they were built for it.\u201d The post drew criticism from some followers, who questioned the need to use AI for such content.<\/p>\n

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One user wrote, \u201cwe really don\u2019t need to use more AI,\u201d while others questioned whether the celebrities had consented to having their images used to create AI-generated versions.<\/p>\n

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Despite the criticism, other celebrities also joined the trend. Yasir Hussain shared AI-generated images, including one featuring himself and his wife, Iqra Aziz.<\/p>\n

Saboor Aly also followed suit, sharing an AI-generated image with Ali Ansari on her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

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Screengrab: sabooraly\/Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n

Other celebrities including Shahroz Sabswari, Mariyam Nafees, Anoushey Ashraf, Zhalay Sarhadi, Noor Hassan, Nimra Khan, Armeena Khan, and others also joined the trend.<\/p>\n

The trend caught the attention of digital rights activist Usama Khilji, who criticised the use of AI-generated images on his Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

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Screengrab: usamakhilji\/Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAll you idiots are training CHATGPT with your face so it can reproduce your images better when someone wants to generate your deepfakes. Stop falling for every trend. Stop trusting big tech. Stop feeding your face to machines,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bilal Maqsood of Strings took a different route, sharing a throwback picture of himself and his group from their Strings<\/em> days.<\/p>\n

“People are using AI to look like they\u2019re from the 80s. 80s people: Hold my photo album”, he wrote.<\/p>\n

While AI-generated nostalgia may seem harmless, the criticism surrounding the trend points to a wider debate over how people\u2019s images are collected, processed and used by AI tools.<\/p>\n

As celebrities continue to embrace viral AI trends, questions around consent, data privacy and the potential misuse of digital likenesses are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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