An AI clip of vice president JD Vance backtalking Elon Musk has gone viral on social media.
The audio clip which has racked up 5 million views on X (formerly Twitter) features JD Vance criticising the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“He says that he’s helping and he’s not,” the speaker says, adding “he’s making us look bad, he’s making me look bad.”
The AI-generated Vance goes on to say: “He’s not even an American. He is from South Africa. And he’s cosplaying as this great American leader.”
It continues: “He has the audacity to act like he is an elected official. I am an elected official, I am the important one in this situation, not him.
“If he wants to tank the economy and his cars, maybe that’s what he deserves.”
In response to the clip, originally posted by X user Bishop Talbert Swan, JD Vance replied: “It’s a fake AI-generated clip. I’m not surprised this guy doesn’t have the intelligence to recognize this fact, but I wonder if he has the integrity to delete it now that he knows it’s false.
“If not, it could be defamation. I guess we’ll find out!”
Reports from the BBC, along with other sources and the X platform itself, have since verified that the clip was created using AI.
The audio is grainy and distorted, giving the impression it might have been secretly recorded. But there’s also no clear source or explanation of how someone supposedly got access to a private recording of the vice president.
William Martin, the VP’s communications director backed Vance up on the platform, writing: “This audio is 100% fake and most certainly not the Vice President.”
But not everyone is convinced as some X users are still questioning whether it’s really fake or just a cover-up.
This audio is 100% fake and most certainly not the Vice President.
“ngl if this is ai, is the most realistic ai deepfake of a voice i’ve ever heard,” one commented.
“Maybe it is AI-fake, who knows? You denying it definitely makes it more, not less likely it is real,” another chimed in and someone else argued: “The fact that you had to post a denial is incredibly suspicious.”
Meanwhile, others are saying the audio ‘doesn’t sound like Vance’ and it’s ‘absolutely fake.’
And this kind of situation might become more common. A report from Humanize AI noted that the use of AI deepfake tools shot up by 44% in 2023, with another 28% growth in 2024. In particular, AI Voice Generator platforms saw a spike in traffic, drawing in over 16.8 million visits.
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Elon Musk responds after Donald Trump’s war plans accidentally leak to journalist in a group chat
There are sure to be some red faces at the White House
We’re ticking even closer to midnight on the Doomsday Clock, as President Donald Trump has launched a ‘divisive and powerful’ bombing on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. After Yemeni Houthis tried to attack USS Harry S. Truman, the US led airstrikes against Houthi-led areas with at least 53 dead and 98 injured.
There’s been plenty of talk about a potential World War 3, and like the Doomsday Clock warned as it edged closer to midnight than ever before, the geopolitical situation only looks like it’s getting worse.
The Houthi airstrikes come just days after we heard about Elon Musk supposedly being briefed on the US’ ‘secret plans’ on how to tackle China in the event of war. While the bombings came as a shock to many, someone apparently knew before the rest of us.
According to The Atlantic, editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally texted confirmation of the attack some two hours before it happened. In the tell-all piece, Goldberg claims he was added to a Signal message group that included senior members of the Trump administration like Vice President JD Vance and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The government’s plans were apparently leaked ahead of the airstrikes (Mohammed Hamoud / Contributor / Getty)
The classified military plans are said to have included “precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.”
Goldberg says he was accidentally added to the group after receiving a request from an account believed to belong to White House National Security Advisor Michael Waltz.
Speaking to PBS, Goldberg admitted: “If they’re going to pick an errant phone number, I mean, at least it wasn’t somebody who supported the Houthis, because they were actually handing out information that I believe could have endangered the lives of American servicepeople who were involved in that operation.”
It didn’t take long for Elon Musk to wade into the situation, and despite being a ‘special government employee’, his position as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency has raised questions about how entrenched in the White House he is.
Taking to X, he called out Goldberg’s post and wrote: “Best place to hide a dead body is page 2 of The Atlantic magazine, because no one ever goes there.”
Even if Musk is seemingly downplaying the severity of the leak, it seems there are plenty of people that do go there when it comes to The Atlantic. With the story going viral across multiple outlets, there’s been immediate backlash from the Democrat opposition and several Republicans. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer referred to the incident and said: “This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence that I have read about in a very, very long time.”
Best place to hide a dead body is page 2 of The Atlantic magazine, because no one ever goes there
4D Chess: Genius Trump Leaks War Plans To ‘The Atlantic’ Where No One Will Ever See Them buff.ly/kGM8ZnB
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has spoken out about the leaks and added: “The attacks on the Houthis have been highly successful and effective. President Trump continues to have the utmost confidence in his national security team, including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.”
Meanwhile, Hegseth has branded Goldberg as ‘deceitful and highly discredited’.
As for Musk, many turned against him for his flippant comment, as one critic wrote: “Elon is trying to discredit the Atlantic because it made his administration look terrible today.”
Another added: “That’s funny, but Pete f**ked up Elon. And I support this administration, but holy sh*t.”
Someone else concluded: “People are leaving this app in droves, they are selling your cars at a rate higher with lower value than any other car company. You are no one to talk. Hegseth is an idiot. Unqualified for his position. Would you hire him? Hell no you wouldn’t. WE KNOW……”
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Elon Musk urges people to use Grok for medical advice after man claims it’s advice ‘cured’ a chronic illness
The billionaire believes people can ask the AI chatbot about ‘medical matters’
Elon Musk is urging people to use Grok for medical advice after a man claimed it helped to ‘cure’ a chronic illness.
Grok is an AI chatbot created by Musk’s xAI that was first previewed back in November 2023.
Early access to the bot was given to paying premium users of Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
Elon Musk shared his thoughts about his AI chatbot online (VINCENT FEURAY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
Grok is also available to use on X, with one man taking to the platform to share a friend’s apparent experience using the AI bot.
The user wrote: “My close physician friend just messaged me-this is amazing: He had been following a patient with a chronic disease for many years, trying various treatments to no avail. He recently uploaded all the data to Grok, which suggested a specific treatment. Now, the patient seems cured!”
Musk himself retweeted the post, adding: “Try using @Grok for a second opinion on medical matters!”
Others took to the comment section to give their own thoughts on the chatbot’s medical capabilities, with some sharing the same sentiment.
One user wrote: “Grok is my closest friend now. Answers all my questions in record time with no BS, just facts. About anything and everything above and beyond expectations that I had imagined.”
And another said: “I recently uploaded my blood work for Grok to analyze, and got some great feedback. Generally, I think I chat more with Grok than most people I interact with.”
Try using @Grok for a second opinion on medical matters!
My close physician friend just messaged me-this is amazing: He had been following a patient with a chronic disease for many years, trying various treatments to no avail. He recently uploaded all the data to Grok, which suggested a specific treatment. Now, the patient seems cured!
However, not everyone was as convinced by the technology, with others sharing their concern that people are relying on AI to treat them instead of a doctor.
One person wrote: “Ummm that’s crazy to rely on an AI for medical advices.”
Another commented: “How can you suggest something like this for medical matters? This is irresponsible statement considering impact of your statements (followership).
“We would take second opinion from another doctor, not Grok unless Grok is certified for medical treatment. Grok can be used to understand the disease or treatment.”
A third user added: “Grok is cool but don’t recommend using the internet or AI for medical advice. The results can be scary.”
A fourth user asked: “Can we really trust it? If I had trusted Google with medical advice, I’d probably be long gone by now.”
And a fifth user seemed to be having difficulty even getting a reply, writing: “Grok isn’t even responding.”
It seems fair to note that medical advice should always be taken up with a professional – and I’m not sure if Grok is quite certified just yet!
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Elon Musk demands government restore controversial 76-year-old law
He claims former President Barack Obama repealed it
Elon Musk is once again taking aim at previous government administrations, but this time, he’s not firing shots at Joe Biden.
Although the world’s richest man isn’t officially a politician, his designation as a ‘special government employee’ has seen him get comfy at the White House.
Musk is currently lauding it over things as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, and with it, he’s trying to slash some $2 trillion from federal spending.
While there are continued questions about the legal and ethical ramifications of Elon Musk‘s new regime, that hasn’t stopped him from laying out his grand plans to ‘Make America Great Again’.
During a conversation between Joe Rogan and Mike Benz, the former Department of State staffer and current Executive Director of the Foundation For Freedom Online claimed that Barack Obama repealed the Smith-Mundt Act.
The Smith-Mundt Act was introduced by Congressman Karl E. Mundt in 1945 and eventually signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. It was designed to regulate broadcasting for foreign audiences by ensuring Americans weren’t able to receive programming from the State Department.
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Sharing Benz’s complaints, Musk wrote: “Restore the Smith-Mundt act!”
In reality, the Smith-Mundt Act was amended under Obama via 2012’s Smith–Mundt Modernization Act. This made materials that were produced by the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) available to those in the USA.
The comments were quickly filled with those incorrectly claiming Obama struck the act, with one Musk supporter writing: “Restoring the Smith-Mundt Act could definitely help keep things transparent in government communications! We need a balance between information and propaganda.”
Another cheered: “The door for corruption must be shut if we are to continue to live in a free society.”
Musk was previously called out for sharing ‘fake news’ on the Smith-Mundt Act (X / Elon Musk)
Still, there’s the awkward situation where someone shared a passage from Musk’s own Grok that reiterates the Smith-Mundt Act was amended instead of repealed. It comes after Grok claimed that Musk is the biggest spreader of disinformation online.
This narrative is nothing new, with an October 2024 Facebook post showing Obama signing a bill in the Oval Office, accompanied by a caption that read: “This why you got fake news, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CNBC, NBC, CBS, propaganda machines for the Democratic party.”
The post was later fact-checked and slapped with a ‘false’ banner. That didn’t stop Musk from previously sharing the same meme.
Back then, Musk’s post was hit with a community note that said: “The Smith-Mundt Act has not been repealed. The Act was amended in 2012/13 to allow US-sponsored foreign media to be made available ‘on request’. Prior to 2012, this information could not be distributed in the US, despite being available online.”
Fact-checkers maintain that the law still bans the government from creating programming that could be construed as swaying the public opinion of Americans.
While Musk might’ve been repeatedly called out on his knowledge of the Smith-Mundt Act, it’s clear he wants it to change.
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Grimes claims she’s ‘tried begging’ ex Elon Musk to keep their kids ‘off the internet’ in shocking social media post
The singer has once again spoken out about her billionaire ex
The love life of Elon Musk is a complicated one, and in the aftermath of apparently revealing his 13th and 14th children to the world, attention has again returned to one of his exes.
Originally dating Elon Musk in 2018, he and singer Grimes “semi-separated” in September 2021. Following the birth of their second son (their third child) in September 2023, she sued the tech billionaire for paternal rights in an undisclosed court case.
Although the details of the custody battle have never been revealed, his closeness with son X Æ A-12 (now just X) has led to plenty of controversy. As well as wild theories that Musk uses his son as a human shield, Grimes herself has spoken out about ‘parading’ X around the Oval Office.
Despite their separation, it seems that Grimes is constantly pulled back into the world of Mr. Musk, addressing everything from allegations he performed a Nazi salute to publicly calling out ‘power-hungry warlords’.
Grimes and Musk started dating in 2018 (ANGELA WEISS / Contributor / Getty)
There was recent drama when she took to social media to plead with her ex over a ‘medical crisis’ involving one of their children, and now, she’s spectacularly grabbing headlines all over again.
Posting on X, Grimes referenced a comment about protecting her children from false online narratives and wrote: “I unfortunately do not control the internet and cannot wipe this from the internet. I have tried begging the public and my kids’ dad to keep them offline, and I’ve tried legal recourse.
“I’ve seen young ppl destroyed by the internet too. The state of my children’s lives being public is of grave concern to me and I think about how to solve this every day. It’s insane to me that there’s no way to deal with this.”
Seemingly firing shots at her ex, Grimes concluded: “I would hope there was some law that would allow a parent to veto small children from living public lives, but I don’t even trust the law to help me now if I tried to invoke it tbh.
“We are in the Wild West of information content and the dismantling of privacy and it’s very concerning.”
