One other 12 months, one other viral deepfake of Katy Perry on the Met Gala and as soon as once more, she wasn’t even there.
Photographs exhibiting the pop star in a smooth black designer robe circulated extensively on social media throughout Monday evening’s occasion, matching the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Model” theme. However the photos had been AI-generated. Perry rapidly clarified she was not on the Met; she was on tour.
Perry’s response
“Couldn’t make it to the MET, I’m on The Lifetimes Tour (see you in Houston tomorrow IRL),” she posted to Instagram alongside the pretend photos.
She added a jab at AI confusion: “P.s. this 12 months I used to be really with my mother so she’s secure from the bots… however I’m praying for the remainder of y’all.”
The repeat hoax
This marks the second 12 months in a row Perry has gone viral for an AI-generated Met Gala look. In 2024, a fabricated picture of her in a floral ball robe fooled hundreds, together with her personal mom.
These deepfakes are getting tougher to identify. A pretend submit claiming Perry wore a never-before-seen Mugler material went viral with over 400K views and was even falsely credited to Getty Photos.
The unfold of plausible AI-generated content material is changing into a rising concern, particularly because it dupes not simply followers, however household.
AI is now dressing celebrities for occasions they don’t attend, and tens of millions are nonetheless falling for it.
Perry continues her “Lifetimes Tour” together with her subsequent cease in Houston. In the meantime, the web retains grappling with what’s actual and what’s algorithm.
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