"But the video gives off an odd aura - it looks believably real at first glance, until you look closer and find digitally-mangled faces, nonsensical finger placements, and oddly augmented features across the series of clips. The video looks strange enough that fans responded with accusations that the crowd footage was created using AI. It's bad news for Smith, who's already suffered reputational damage after " the slap." If he were using AI to make his concerts look more impressive, or even spinning up stories of fans using his music to cope with cancer treatment, that would be pretty indefensible."
"These fans aren't fake, though - or at least, that's our best guess. (There's not a reliable way to determine whether or not content was created using AI, which has made the current online landscape a nightmare of misinformation.) As tech blogger Andy Baio pointed out, Will Smith has posted photos and videos throughout his tour that show some of the same fans and signs depicted in the questionable video."
Will Smith posted a social video from his European tour showing thousands of fans cheering and holding signs, including one claiming his music helped them survive cancer. Close inspection of the video reveals digitally mangled faces, nonsensical finger placements, and oddly augmented features, prompting accusations that the crowd footage was created using AI. Past tour photos and videos include some of the same fans and signs, suggesting the new video may collaged real footage with AI-generated clips using real crowd photos as sources. Reliable methods to definitively detect AI creation remain lacking, fueling misinformation risks.
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