"As a government shutdown loomed in the US last week, the president posted an AI video which depicted Hakeem Jeffries, the first Black House minority leader, wearing a sombrero and exaggerated moustache, with mariachi music playing in the background. Hispanic groups criticized Trump's posts as racist, dangerous and reprehensible, but Trump doubled down, posting a new video which showed himself wearing a sombrero and playing the guitar behind a rendering of Jeffries."
"Last weekend Trump reposted to Truth Social an AI-generated fake video which promoted med bed hospitals. Trump has reposted AI content before, but the difference was that this video showed an AI version of himself speaking. Every American will soon receive their own med bed card, the AI rendering of Trump, apparently seated in the Oval Office, said. With it, you'll have guaranteed access to our new hospitals led by the top doctors in the nation, equipped with the most advanced technology in the world."
"Setting aside the fact that the idea of med beds is a rightwing conspiracy theory one version of the theory posits that the government and/or a group of wealthy Americans have access to medical bed-like devices that can cure almost every illness, but are withholding the technology Trump's post prompted a number of questions. Did Trump, 79, believe that the video really showed him announcing med bed hospitals?"
Donald Trump posted an AI video depicting Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero and exaggerated moustache with mariachi music, prompting Hispanic groups to call the posts racist, dangerous and reprehensible. Trump then posted another video showing himself wearing a sombrero and playing guitar behind a rendering of Jeffries. He also reposted an AI-generated video promoting med-bed hospitals that featured an AI version of himself promising med-bed cards for every American. The med-bed idea originates in a rightwing conspiracy theory claiming elite access to curative devices. The posts were deleted and the White House said the president saw and reposted the video, then took it down.
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