Will Smith's team used AI to add rapturous fans to footage of his "Based on a True Story" comeback tour, producing distorted, demonic-looking attendees with garbled signs contrasted with the wilted actual crowd. Observers noticed the manipulation and alleged AI use, and no response came from Smith or representatives. A subsequent Instagram video shows AI-distorted cats filling the crowd, indicating collaboration with an AI illustrator. The post was co-shared with Hawaii-based AI artist Tyler Bernabe, whose social posts displayed screenshots and a People magazine image crediting him. The episode reflects a broader turn toward low-quality AI art in entertainment.
But now the "Wild Wild West" star has posted a new video, and if there was any doubt that the last video was souped up with AI, this one should put that speculation to bed. Why? Because in the new video, which was posted to Smith's Instagram account, the onetime man of the Willennium bounces around hued stage - before the camera pans over to the crowd, who are a bunch of AI-distorted cats.
Beyond the fact that it's obviously AI, this latest video does seem to confirm that Smith is, at very least, working with an AI illustrator. On IG, the slap-happy rapper co-posted the bizarre feline frenzy with Hawaii-based AI artist Tyler Bernabe, better known as his handle. Screenshots of articles about the latest Smith AI scandal are posted on the hypebeast-y creative's X and LinkedIn pages, and in an Instagram story he posted another from People magazine - which credited him by name in its cover image - with a cat emoji.
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