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Fake, AI-generated videos about the Diddy trial are raking in millions of views on YouTube (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Dozens of YouTube channels are mixing AI-generated images and videos with false claims about Sean “Diddy” Combs’s blockbuster trial to pull in tens of millions of views on YouTube and cash in on misinformation.

Twenty-six channels generated nearly 70m views from roughly 900 AI-infused Diddy videos over the past 12 months, according to data gathered from YouTube.

The channels appear to follow a similar formula. Each video typically has a title and AI-generated thumbnail that links a celebrity to Diddy via a false claim, such as that the celebrity just testified at the trial, that Diddy coerced that celebrity into a sexual act or that the celeb shared a shocking revelation about Diddy. The thumbnails often depict the celebrity on the stand juxtaposed with an image of Diddy. Some depict Diddy and the celebrity in a compromising situation. The vast majority of thumbnails use made-up quotes meant to shock people, such as “FCKED ME FOR 16 HOURS”, “DIDDY FCKED BIEBER LIFE” and “SHE SOLD HIM TO DIDDY”.

How do people fall for this shit?

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[–] locuester@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 day ago

I don't agree both sides do it to nearly the same degree

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Mhhmm yeah. If you don’t see both sides being equally ridiculous, there’s a good chance you’re blinded by bias for one of those teams.

Yeah, hot take for Lemmy. But absolutely true.