Scarlet Johansson slams AI Kanye West protest video: “It is terrifying”

nme.com:

Scarlett Johansson has slammed an AI-generated video in which a likeness of her appears with other celebrities condemning Kanye West.The deepfake video included AI generated images of several pop culture figures, including Johansson, sporting “Fuck Kanye” t-shirts days after the rapper was banned from X after posting a series of anti semitic statements.Last week (February 7), West returned to X and began by voicing his support for Diddy and Chris Brown, and urged for the former to be released from prison amid sexual abuse allegations.His X posts grew increasingly more concerning as he began to claim “dominion” over his wife Censori before going on to withdraw his apology to the Jewish community for past anti-Semitic comments, as well as declaring himself as “a Nazi” and a slew of other demeaning posts that targeted several communities.After this, West later directed followers to his site, where a single item was on sale – a white t-shirt with a large swastika on the chest listed as “HH-01”.

The site has since been taken down, and Kanye’s X account has been deactivated.In protest, a deepfake AI video was shared on social media with the caption “enough is enough”.