A shocking deepfake video has appeared online that depicts Elon Musk as an armed robber, created using the tech billionaire's AI project Grok. The video also shows world leaders and business luminaries, including Mark Zuckerberg, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin and the Pope, brandishing weapons and looting stores.
Elon Musk's AI captures shocking video of him and Donald Trump robbing the company. (Screenshot by @thedorbrothers)
The Doll Brothers, who boast deep expertise in generative AI, shared the video on their official X profile. The caption accompanying the video reads, “Hustle. Did someone say uncensored? Thanks for letting everyone enjoy, Grok. Note: we're not taking a political stance, just having fun.” Grok is available to X premium subscribers. The latest version of the AI has a “fun” mode, which allows you to get “creative” with your models.
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The videos show world leaders and corporate tycoons robbing people at gunpoint and looting stores, and a deepfake montage shows them being handcuffed and taken away by police.
Check out the bizarre video here:
This viral AI-generated video was posted on August 21, 2024, and has since garnered 660,000 views and several comments.
See how people reacted to this viral video below:
X user Mystra commented, “This is very funny. Great use of AI for entertainment. What images and videos did you use to make this?”
A second user, CaptainHype, commented: “The spread of generative AI… we foresaw it, but it's coming sooner than expected… let's see how society responds to it.”
Another user, Dr. VoxOculi, commented: “You can't convince me, to me this is real footage.”
Grok-2 Model:
Grok was developed by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI, and the latest iteration of the AI has been developed to handle “reasoning, reading comprehension, math, science, coding, and more,” according to its official website.
The website further describes the product as a “state-of-the-art AI assistant with advanced capabilities in both text and visual understanding.”