Physicist Michio Kaku is warning about the AI-generated deepfakes, which exploit his image to push the idea the comet ‘3I/ATLAS’ is an alien spacecraft that poses a potential threat.
Is an alien spacecraft visiting our solar system? A wave of videos featuring famed physicist Michio Kaku making that claim have been spreading on social media. But the scientist is warning the public the clips are actually AI deepfakes spreading misinformation.
« There has been a sudden rise of fraudulent unauthorized deep fake AI videos, impersonating me, misleading the public with crazy false claims that are not my own,” Kaku tweeted this week.
The videos look convincing and exploit a real interview Kaku gave about 3I/ATLAS, which NASA tracks as a comet. It made the rounds after a recent research paper speculated that 3I/ATLAS might be « alien technology », despite the overwhelming consensus it is not.
“The majority faction says ‘What’s all the fuss about? I mean It’s just a rock from outer space,’” Kaku told Newsmax. “Another faction, however, says ‘Now, wait a minute.
