AI Experts Dispute Claim Trump’s Charlie Kirk Address Was AI-Generated
Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a public event with 3,000 attendees; the politically motivated assassination has raised nationwide security concerns for conservative gatherings.
- Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot in the neck during a forum at Utah Valley University amid his American Comeback Tour.
- President Donald Trump responded Wednesday evening with a speech blaming the radical left for fostering violence through hateful rhetoric against Kirk and others.
- Trump praised Kirk's dedication to free speech, patriotic values, and engaging youth, calling him a martyr and emphasizing his legacy will live on.
- AI experts, including Hany Farid, found no evidence that the video of Trump's address was AI-generated despite social media claims and manipulations focusing on Trump's hands and stillness.
- The episode highlights challenges in verifying official digital communications amid rapid misinformation spread, underscoring the need for caution and fact-based discourse.
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Students supporting Charlie Kirk say they ‘are not afraid’ after assassination, vow to defend free speech
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Charlie Kirk Died As A Martyr For Free Speech
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Charlie Kirk has Fallen – A Martyr for American Patriotism – California Globe
Arizona has emerged in the past decade positioned squarely on the frontlines of what was popularized by Pat Buchanan in the 1990s as “The Culture War,” a simmering, low-intensity conflict that could be better described as a “Cold Civil War.” It was in the bastion of Phoenix in 2018, where Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, headquartered the organization. It is from here that he led from the front and stepped boldly onto the battlefie…
AI experts dispute claim Trump’s Charlie Kirk address was AI-generated
Experts are pushing back on claims that artificial intelligence was used in President Donald Trump’s Wednesday evening address on the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In a post on LinkedIn on Thursday, Hany Farid, a University of California, Berkeley, professor and co-founder of the deepfake detection company GetReal Security, said an analysis of the footage yielded no evidence of AI manipulation. Allegations of AI use came …
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