Fox News criticized for publishing AI-generated videos of SNAP recipients

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00:00I ain't paying for none of this s**t. I got babies at home that gotta eat.

00:03Fox News is being called out for publishing a story featuring SNAP beneficiaries on camera,

00:09but several of those videos were actually created by AI.

00:16The original headline published Friday read,

00:19SNAP beneficiaries threatened to ransack stores over government shutdown.

00:23The article, written by a production assistant, cited social media reaction

00:28and referred to the people in the AI clips as real users online.

00:33But after users pointed out the videos weren't real, Fox kept the article up,

00:38just changed the headline and added an editor's note admitting the videos were AI.

00:43Fox has not responded to the backlash, but many are calling for the article to be taken down.

00:49It is the taxpayer's responsibility to take care of my kids!

00:53While AI is making it harder to tell what's real from what's fake,

00:57there are still some telltale signs.

01:00Take the first video we showed you.

01:02You'll notice patches of blur or graininess, like on the cola bottle,

01:07which is normally a common AI artifact.

01:10AI also struggles with written words.

01:12Look at the shirt.

01:14It appears to say born to be, but the letters after B-O-R-N are gibberish.

01:19The bottom text also doesn't form recognizable letters.

01:22Many are accusing Fox of feeding into racist and classist tropes since most of the AI videos feature black women.

01:30I get over $2,500 a month in stamps.

01:33I sell them $2,000 worth for about $1,200 to $1,500 cash.

01:37This is another video that was deleted Monday morning, not shared by Fox, but making rounds on social media.

01:44On the microphone, which should say news under the 5, does not actually make out a four-letter word.

01:51But perhaps the biggest giveaway is, we fact-checked the source.

01:55When going to the original poster's TikTok video, which is listed on the TikTok watermark,

02:01there is a label on the video that says,

02:03contains AI-generated media.

02:05The user also hashtagged the video AI.

02:08Fox News' article is just one example of how quickly AI is testing media literacy.

02:15Creators online are now dedicating their platforms to teaching people how to spot what's real,

02:20and they're racing against a technology that's advancing just as fast as people are suspecting.

02:26For more on this story and others, head over to san.com or download our mobile app.

02:31I'm Kennedy Felton with Stray Arrow News.