News Fake video of Kishida goes viral

The video, which was apparently created using generative artificial intelligence and purported to show Kishida talking to the camera, had the prime minister's oversized face superimposed on a person wearing a suit. The footage used the logo of NTV's "Nippon TV News 24" news program and pretended it was being broadcast live. "It is unforgivable that the broadcast and the program logo were misused in the fake video," NTV said in a later program. The video appeared on social media platforms such as X, formerly known as Twitter. Its 25-year-old creator told The Asahi Shimbun, "I had no intention of insulting or attacking the prime minister personally but used his image as a celebrity icon." The man, who lives in Osaka Prefecture, said he made the video in less than an hour using a free tool. He said Kishida's voice was generated by having generative AI learn a video of Kishida speaking. He said the image was taken from an NTV news program that appeared close to the top of a list of search results with the combination of keywords "Prime Minister Kishida" and "News."

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