3-year-old girl whose image was manipulated by AI in fake crowdfunding dies in RS. This Monday (27th), girl Sophia Luisa Moraes dos Santos, aged 3, resident of Campo Bom, in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre, whose image was used in fake online fundraising campaigns, dies in RS. Criminals used artificial intelligence (AI) to forge videos in which the girl, undergoing cancer treatment, was asking for money to pay for medicine. According to her mother, Kelen Santos, Sophia was admitted late on Sunday afternoon (26), at Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, and passed away in the early hours of Monday. "She had a heart problem because of the radiotherapy." The girl also had a lung infection. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp "The cancer goes away, but the consequences remain, right? And then she was taking care of it, but they had to intubate her today (Monday) because she was having respiratory effort and she had a [cardiorespiratory] arrest and couldn't stand it", reports the mother. The farewell will take place at the Jardim da Memória Cemetery, in Novo Hamburgo. The time had not been defined until the last update of this report. In a recent interview with RBS TV, Kelen had spoken about the coup. "I cried a lot because it wasn't just a question of her image. But that they were using our pain to take advantage, to make money and especially for the people who were donating," he said. READ MORE 'They used our pain to make money', says mother Group that used AI to forge online fundraisers with images of sick children is the target of an operation in five states; 16 were arrested Sophia Luisa Moraes dos Santos, aged 3 Personal archive 'They used our pain to make money', says mother of child victim of fake crowdfunding in RS How the scam was carried out, according to the police In the fake ads, an AI-generated voice simulated the child making emotional appeals to donors. "The medicine that can help me is very expensive. And mom said that we have already sold everything. If you can help, any amount will give me another day with my mom. If you can help me, click on the little button below", said the fake message. According to delegate João Vitor Herédia, from the Electronic Property Crime Repression Police Station (DRCPE), the group used artificial intelligence, deepfake and voice cloning tools to alter real campaigns. The publications were made by fake pages with names such as "Clube de Donadores" and "Unidos pelo Amor". ? Deepfake is a technique that allows you to alter a video or photo with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). When clicking on the ads, victims were directed to websites that imitated legitimate fundraising platforms. On these pages, a Pix code was generated, and the money fell into the accounts of shell companies controlled by criminals. Kelen explained that donors sought out the family on social media to celebrate their contribution, without knowing that the money had been embezzled. "The person said 'I donated', happy that he had contributed to her treatment. And then we ended up saying to the person 'no, we don't have any funding, you ended up donating it to a scam.'" In just the false campaign involving the girl's image, the police tracked down R$294,500 that had been misappropriated. The investigation also identified a company that operated as the group's financial nucleus and that generated more than R$1.7 million during the period investigated. Despite the misuse of the image, the child targeted by the criminals had a legitimate fundraising campaign in the past. The real crowdfunding was closed by the family after the necessary amount was reached. The treatment was carried out and the girl's health improved. The police still do not know how many children with serious illnesses were used by the group to deceive donors across the country. The case is being investigated by the Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul, which launched an operation in five states on the 14th. Courts were carried out in Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul and Pernambuco. The operation took place in the cities of Passo Fundo (RS), Dourados (MS), Vitória de Santo Antão (PE), Francisco Beltrão and Cruzeiro do Iguaçu (PR), Piracicaba, São Paulo, São Vicente, Catanduva, Santana de Parnaíba and Sorocaba (SP). The recommendation is to confirm the data directly with the family or institution and check if the name of the Pix recipient matches the real beneficiary VIDEOS: Everything about RS.