Social media users have taken to the alarming AI stunt.
Authorities have located the suspected hacker who was able to show a spooky deepfake of the president on multiple official televisions.
A somewhat intimate film featuring Donald Trump and his “First Buddy,” Elon Musk, was shown on the cafeteria TV Monday, February 24, shocking government employees in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Trump was seen kissing and rubbing the SpaceX founder’s toes and feet in the video, giving the impression that the two were going above and above the call of duty as friends.
The AI-generated video was accompanied with the phrase, “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
After being expelled from the federal building, the purported cyberpunk responsible for the stunt has now been located by authorities and may face legal repercussions.
A spokeswoman stated that the person is associated with the department and has been identified, but neither their identity nor the method by which they were able to upgrade the HUD television system at the agency’s headquarters have been made public.
On Tuesday, a HUD representative told The New York Post: “A person was taken off the premises yesterday.
“We’re investigating the legal implications. In relation to the department, the possibility of terminating or suspending specific services is also being investigated.
HUD officials took back control of the televisions after the incident and started showcasing some of Trump’s political accomplishments.
Vox journalist Rachel Cohen was the first to release the eerie video, which has since gone viral on social media.
Twitter users called the digitally altered video “disgusting” and “funny” in equal measure.
Other astute viewers claimed that since Musk seemed to have “two left feet,” they could tell right away that the video was produced using artificial intelligence.
Opposing Democrats from the US House Committee on Financial Services, meanwhile, laughed at the video and wrote: “Not all heroes wear capes.”
Musk and Trump’s AI broadcast also coincides with questions being raised about the billionaire’s leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
In an effort to reduce costs, DOGE has been eliminating a number of government jobs.
Despite the White House’s insistence that Musk’s stance is voluntary and that he has “no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself,” Musk seemed to make his point this week by threatening to fire federal employees for not answering his email.
In the contentious email, employees were told to react with a list of five things they had done that week in bullet points or face termination if they didn’t respond in time.
The president claimed the proposal had ‘plenty of ingenuity’.
