From Full Fact
Audio of President Trump Criticising Keir Starmer is Fake
By Sian Bayley
A video circulating on social media appears to feature an audio recording of US President Donald Trump criticising the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over aid to Ukraine, energy costs and jobs.
But the audio has been generated by AI and overlaid onto a video interview Mr Trump did with podcaster Theo Von on 21 August 2024.
Neither Mr Trump or Mr Von discuss the UK or Ukraine in this video, but instead focus on US healthcare reform, border security and President Trump’s reasons for avoiding drinking and smoking.
How did we know this was AI-generated?
We contacted Professor Hany Farid, who specialises in digital forensics at the University of California, Berkeley, and is Chief Science Officer at GetReal Labs, a cybersecurity company focused on preventing malicious threats from generative AI.
He told us this is “an obvious—and not particularly well-executed—fake”...
Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information at UC Berkeley.
