"On Friday, Fox News ran a story headlined "SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown." The story explained that "SNAP beneficiaries have expressed outrage on social media over the government shutdown that could affect their grocery benefits starting next month - with some even threatening to ransack stores if food stamp payments don't go through starting Nov. 1.""
"Then, after online commentators pointed out that at least some of the clips cited in the Fox story were AI-generated, Fox rewrote the story with a new headline: " AI videos of SNAP beneficiaries complaining about cuts go viral." An editor's note at the bottom of the story says, "This article previously reported on some videos that appear to have been generated by AI without noting that. This has been corrected." Fox didn't return a request for comment."
Fox News ran a segment headlined "SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown." Social-media clips cited in the segment claimed SNAP beneficiaries threatened to ransack stores if food-stamp payments did not arrive by Nov. 1. Online commentators identified at least some of those clips as AI-generated, after which Fox changed the headline and added an editor's note acknowledging correction. Newsmax aired a similar segment. Meta AI researcher Yann LeCun shared a video appearing to show a New York City police officer telling ICE to "back off, now." AI-generated videos can convincingly imitate real people and easily fool viewers predisposed to believe the content.
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