AI-created clip featuring Jewish celebs takes swing at Kanye West over rappers blatant antisemitism
An AI-generated video emerged on social media Tuesday that features scores of Jewish celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and Adam Sandler speaking out against disgraced rapper Kanye West over his blatant antisemitism.The minute-clip, which was created by an Israeli generative AI expert, according to Jewish Telegraphic Agency, takes a swing at West, 47, who has faced renewed outrage for trying to hawk swastika shirts and spewing hateful views on social media over the past weekThe deepfake footage with a version of “Hava Nagila” features more than 20 actors, musical artists, entrepreneurs and comedians wearing a white t-shirt that has the middle finger flipped off and a Star of David in the middle of the hand with West’s first name right below it.An AI-generated Sandler then gives the actual finger near the end of the montage before the message “Enough Is Enough,” cuts in.“It’s time to stop being silent and respond to anti-Semites like Kanye West in the strongest way possible,” the video creator, Ori Bejerano, wrote in a caption on Instagram where he shared the video.“We must demand from the social networks to stop giving stage to antisemitism and hatred.”He also said economic and public pressure need to be applied to West and others “for spreading their poison.”Using celebrities’ likeness in AI has become a growing – and controversial – trend in recent years.Last year, Johansson called out a ChatGPT voice from Sam Altman’s OpenAI that sounded “eerily similar” to her after the actress turned down an offer from the tech company to use her voice.
The speaking voice was ultimately pulled.Notable deep-fake celebrities in video – which has racked up millions of views on social media – include Drake, Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Black, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Steven Spielberg, Mila Kunis, Ben Stiller and David Schwimmer.The actual Schwimmer slammed West in an Instagram post over the weekend.“I don’t...