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AI-Generated Video Of Elon Musk Getting A Haircut From A Robot Goes Viral

Written By Sabloo Thomas, Edited By Kushel Madhusoodan
Jan 6, 2025
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Claim

Viral video shows Tesla chief Elon Musk getting a haircut from a robot.

Never touch comedy's reel
Never touch comedy’s reel

The archived version of the post can be seen here

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Fact

Newschecker ran a keyword search for “Elon Musk haircut robot”, which did not throw up any credible reports. We also noticed inconsistencies such as Musk’s clothes, his hairstyle, along with the video being blurry at some points.

A Google Lens search of keyframes led us to an Instagram post by aismartzone, dated 17 December 2024. featuring the same video.

Instagram post by aismartzone
Instagram post by aismartzone

The states that “this mind-blowing clip is CGI, created with the power of AI tools”.

aismartzone
description of aismartzone’s post

We found several other AI-generated videos on this page. Moreover, the page’s profile identifies itself as an AI & Robotics Explorer and a Tech Enthusiast.

aismartzone's bio
aismartzone’s bio

We then ran the media past AI-content-detection platform TrueMedia to confirm whether it was created using artificial intelligence or it showed an actual incident. TrueMedia found  “substantial evidence of manipulation” in a keyframe of the video, which confirms that the video is AI-generated.

TrueMedia
Courtesy: TrueMedia

Result: Altered Media

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Sources
TrueMedia Website
X post by aismartzone on 17 December 2024.


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