Viral Trump Gaza video shows how quickly AI Slop can spread

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday about his truth, an imaginative video of an imaginary post-war gaza with AI-generated AI, in which the territory with him and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on the beach. The video was strange, uncomfortable and bizarre in the comments.

The origins of the video are unclear, although it may come from pro-Israeli accounts that, according to a report by NBC News, expose the content of AI-generated content. The video seems to have appeared on February 7, days after Trump announced his idea of ​​taking over the Gaza Strip, temporarily clearing up its residents and creating a new Riviera.

The video consists of short animated segments of an imaginary futuristic gaza strip – in the actual presence of a scene of devastation and displaced after one and a half years of the fight – with golden buildings, golden trumps, bearded little dancers and Elon Muschus, which are crouched on a bread bowl. The general mood is glamor and an extravagant playground for the rich.

These types of videos are referred to as AI slop, which are of low quality, useless or misleading content that is to be presented for any kind of online engagement.

Henry Ajder, a cartographer and founder of Latent Space Advisory, said it doesn't help that this technology is so much easier and cheaper these days. “The political effects of Deepfakes in synthetic media are less about deception than encouragement and the type of creating a message and a brand,” he said.

When the White House was contacted for a comment, the White House refused to confirm or refuse its participation in the creation of the video, and instead forwarded an explanation that has sent it to other sales outlets.

“As President Trump said, Gaza is essential for everyone in his current state,” said Anna Kelly, deputy spokeswoman for the White House, in a statement. “President Trump is a visionary, and his plan to involve the United States in the reconstruction of Gaza will enable Palestinians to move again in new, beautiful communities and at the same time improve the conditions in the region for future generations.”

The idea is logistical and politically complex, was criticized by human rights groups and has not received support from neighboring countries.

This is not the first time that a politician has turned to the Deepfake technology to gather support.

In 2018, the Belgian Socialist Party published a Deepfake video from Trump during its first term, in which they asked the Belgians to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. Also this year Gabon was thrown into a political crisis when President Ali Bongo, who was out of the public eye due to a stroke, appeared in a deep papal video that led to an unsuccessful military coup. Before the Indian elections in 2024, Deepfake videos from several parties showed strange politicians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“It is actually very common in places such as Southeast Asia, in places such as India and Indonesia, for political parties or political personalities to create this kind of content that are like very Meme-focused,” said Alexandru Voica, head of corporate affairs and politics at British Ai Video Company Synthesia. “So if you are from this part of the world, this is actually very common, but I think now has made it to the United States.”

While Trump's Gaza video was the first time that his new administration turned to A-generated videos to advertise his ideas, he used other provocative online content to support. During his first term as President, Trump uploaded an edited video of him as a wrestler that beat a CNN logo.

According to researchers from the University of Chicago and Pennsylvania State University, DeepfaK content has successfully deceived 42% of Americans, based on the study of the study. Although alarming is high, this rate is not higher than other forms of disinformation such as text and audio.

While Trump's Gaza video is very fake, the Deeppake technology improves and offers better access, which could lead to future results to be disturbed. And finding the original source of a deep piece is difficult to grasp and makes it difficult to accountability.

“We are seven and a half, eight years after the development of deep counterfeits and synthetic media,” said Ajder. “This is a drop in the sea compared to the place where things could go.”