One other yr, one other viral deepfake of Katy Perry on the Met Gala and as soon as once more, she wasn’t even there.
Photographs displaying the pop star in a glossy black designer robe circulated extensively on social media throughout Monday night time’s occasion, matching the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Type” theme. However the photographs have been AI-generated. Perry shortly 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 faux photographs.
She added a jab at AI confusion: “P.s. this yr I used to be truly with my mother so she’s protected from the bots… however I’m praying for the remainder of y’all.”
The repeat hoax
This marks the second yr 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 1000’s, together with her personal mom.
These deepfakes are getting tougher to identify. A faux submit claiming Perry wore a never-before-seen Mugler cloth 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” along 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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