No, That is Not Patrick Mahomes: Tens of millions View Deepfake Tremendous Bowl Video

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs did not have the very best day Sunday, as they have been completely defeated 40-22 in Tremendous Bowl LIX. Video creators seized the second to make use of AI to poke enjoyable on the three-time Tremendous Bowl MVP in a surprisingly sensible deepfake video. Viewer discretion is suggested, as a number of the jokes are NSFW

“I am a choker, I am a trash can. Jalen Hurts completely destroyed me tonight,” the faux Mahomes stated within the video, which was posted to each TikTok and YouTube. 

Faux Mahomes goes on to criticize teammate Travis Kelce, Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid, and even Kelce’s girlfriend, famous person singer Taylor Swift.

“And Travis Kelce was too fearful about fixing his hair the entire sport making an attempt to look cute for Taylor Swift,” Faux Mahomes says. “He went ghost once I wanted him most.”

This wasn’t only a small joke video that nobody noticed. As of Monday afternoon, the TikTok video had a whopping 7.7 million views, and greater than 557,000 likes.

The video creator did make it clear that the video was AI-generated. They used the “creator labeled as AI-generated” label that TikTok launched final 12 months, and the video itself includes a watermark. 

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The sensible AI was made utilizing Parrot AI, based on its creator. On a smartphone at a distance, it is tough to inform that it is generated by AI in any respect. 

Nevertheless, a better look reveals the faux Mahomes’ complete mouth and jaw quivering unnaturally a number of occasions all through the video. It was nonetheless sufficient to idiot many individuals on TikTok who watched the video. 

“That is essentially the most sensible AI I’ve ever seen,” remarked one commenter, adopted by a “bruh the AI is getting scary good” from one other. Most Chiefs followers took the joke in stride. “I am a Chiefs fan and that is humorous as hell,” remarked one other TikTok person.

That is yet one more deepfake AI video in a long-running collection of joke movies poking enjoyable on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Most of them contain the conspiracy concept that the NFL referees name video games within the Chiefs’ favor. One instance options AI-generated audio of the referee declaring that “through the play, private foul, violating Patrick Mahomes’ private bubble. The results of the play is first down, landing, and Chiefs win by 50 factors.”

Newest in a protracted line of celeb deepfakes

Mahomes is certainly one of many celebrities depicted in deepfake AI movies. Tom Hanks and CBS Mornings host Gayle King had AI-generated deepfakes utilized in adverts with out their permission. 

Deepfake movies of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Joe Biden have been common throughout the latest election. In the meantime, this terrifying deepfake reveals Invoice Hader’s face slowly warping into Tom Cruise’s face.

Fb has been stepping up its effort to crack down on celeb deepfakes and misinformation campaigns after a video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was posted falsely directing Ukrainian troopers to give up to Russian forces. 

Different tech corporations like Google are additionally taking steps, with the search large making it simpler to take away deepfake photos from Google Search.