--- title: "Pakistani celebrities join AI 1980s trend as concerns about deepfakes emerge" description: "Most outlets reported that Pakistani celebrities are participating in a viral AI trend that reimagines them as 1980s stars, while also noting public concerns about deepfakes, privacy, and the use of personal images in AI platforms. The framing varied slightly, with some emphasizing the popularity of the trend and others highlighting the questions it has raised about consent and image usage." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/7617-pakistani-celebrities-embrace-ai-s-1980s-trend-despite site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistani celebrities join AI 1980s trend as concerns about deepfakes emerge entertainment · updated 10 Sep 2026, 10:20 AM PKT · 9–10 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Pakistani celebrities are participating in a viral AI trend that reimagines them as 1980s stars, while also noting public concerns about deepfakes, privacy, and the use of personal images in AI platforms. The framing varied slightly, with some emphasizing the popularity of the trend and others highlighting the questions it has raised about consent and image usage. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Aaj News (English)** — [Pakistani celebrities embrace AI’s 1980s trend despite deepfake concerns](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330471651/pakistani-celebrities-embrace-ais-1980s-trend-despite-deepfake-concerns) · 10 Sep 2026, 10:20 AM PKT > Pakistani celebrities have joined a viral social media trend using AI to reimagine themselves as stars from the 1980s, but the trend has also sparked concerns over deepfakes, privacy and the use of people’s images without consent. Celebrities including Saboor Aly and Yasir Hussain shared AI-generated images of themselves on Instagram, while entertainment platform Mashion posted AI-created versi... - **The Express Tribune** — [Pakistani celebrities embrace AI ‘80s trend as fans question deepfake risks](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2628355/pakistani-celebrities-embrace-ai-80s-trend-as-fans-question-deepfake-risks) · 9 Sep 2026, 12:57 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing > Viral trend has prompted questions over consent, privacy and risks of feeding personal images into AI platforms ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Jannat Mirza condemns AI-generated video using her face](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9811-jannat-mirza-speaks-out-against-misuse-of-women-s-faces) · 22 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 72% related - [Bollywood celebrities participate in viral 80s AI trend](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8038-bollywood-stars-embrace-viral-80-s-ai-trend) · 12 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 70% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 9–10 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.