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A short clip of a Will Smith concert looks like a crappy AI fake – but it’s not: “The crowds were real, but the videos were manipulated: first by Will Smith’s team, and then without asking, by YouTube.” (Andy Baio, waxy.org)

Summary

  • YouTube's Shorts "experiment" blurred the lines further.
  • Will Smith's team used AI to animate real photos - not fake fans.

posted 1.9.2025 by oler · AI & Journalism

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