"According to YouTube posts, the celebrity tributes were plentiful. They came from Ed Sheeran, Eminem, Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Post Malone, Dax, Lil Wayne, Jelly Roll, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber and Imagine Dragons. But none of them were real. They were all generated using artificial intelligence. And they often featured fake thumbnail images that showed the artists in tears or with mournful expressions."
"PolitiFact analyzed 24 YouTube videos claiming to show tribute songs dedicated to Kirk. Combined, these videos gained more than 4.6 million views, and some were shared to other platforms. One was uploaded on the day of Kirk's assassination, illustrating the speed with which creators can generate songs related to a major event. Nearly all the videos contained disclaimers saying they contained altered or synthetic content, yet many viewers left comments that show they believed these songs were real."
Three days after Charlie Kirk was publicly slain, a YouTube video announced an Adele-like tribute single and showed Kirk with his young daughter. Multiple videos purportedly featured tributes from major artists such as Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Justin Bieber, but the clips were AI-generated and used fake thumbnails showing mournful expressions. PolitiFact analyzed 24 such videos that together earned over 4.6 million views; one appeared the same day as the assassination. Nearly all videos included disclaimers, yet many viewers commented as if the tributes were genuine. Experts say AI can passably mimic artists’ voices, aiding deception.
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