Gilbert Arenas responded with visible shock, yet his typical savagery, after learning that Matt Barnes claimed he was extorted out of roughly $61,000 by someone using artificial intelligence, a story that resurfaced during a recent episode of The Gilbert Arenas Show.
As co-host Josiah Johnson read details on-air, Arenas blurted,
“That man just got finessed out of sixty-one thousand dollars? By an AI snow bunny? Nah, y’all playing. Nah, I don’t believe it,”
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Barnes previously described being targeted by an AI-assisted scheme that used synthetic audio, video, and text to fabricate damaging content, leading him to pay in an effort to keep the material from spreading. Coverage of Barnes’ account pegged the total around $61,000 and noted that the attempts continued even after payment, highlighting how deepfake-enabled scams are evolving and exploiting public figures’ reputations.
The disbelief segment took shape mid-episode when a viewer comment prompted Johnson to recap the Barnes story, freezing Arenas before he doubled down on his skepticism and jokes about never falling for a similar ploy.
