News Summary

• Will Smith posted a video on social media that shows oceans of fans cheering him on during his recent European tour.
• The video looks strange enough that fans responded with accusations that the crowd footage was created using AI.
• The public is more resistant to generative AI technology than existing creative tools, like autotune or Photoshop.
• But even in those cases, many fans remain turned off by artists who rely on these tools in ways that feel untruthful.
• It’s bad timing for Smith, too, that YouTube had recently begun testing a feature that would use “traditional machine learning technology to unblur, denoise, and improve clarity” on some Shorts posts.