A fake recording of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon
Musk has gone viral on social media, prompting an explanation for it.
William Martin, the vice president's director of
communications, later stated that the recording is not real and was generated
by AI.
"Certainly not the vice president," he wrote,
along with a link to a since-deleted post.
Vance also responded on X about the fake video: "It's a
fake AI-generated clip. I'm not surprised this guy doesn't have the
intelligence to recognize it, but I wonder if he'll have the integrity to
delete it now that he knows it's fake. If not, it could be defamation. I guess
we'll find out!"
As AI tools become smarter and more popular, the amount of
fake AI-generated video and audio content is growing rapidly.