Viral AI video depicts celebrities protesting Ye's antisemitic remarks
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An AI-generated video depicting celebrities — including Scarlett Johansson, Jerry Seinfeld and Adam Sandler — protesting Ye's antisemitic comments has gone viral online, prompting criticism from Johansson over the "misuse of AI," regardless of its message.
The video depicts more than a dozen celebrities wearing a T-shirt featuring a middle finger with a Star of David inside it and "Kanye" below, referring to Kanye West, who now goes by Ye. The black-and-white footage is set to an AI remix of the popular Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila."
The video and audio were created and posted online by Guy Bar and Ori Bejerano, who work together at an AI company in Israel. Bar said the video — which has amassed tens of thousands of views — was made with multiple AI generators.
