Recently, a video clip was circulated online, misleading movie buffs into believing that Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is portraying Maharshi Valmiki in an upcoming movie. The AI-generated video has been called out by the actor himself. This is perhaps the first time a superstar in Indian cinema has questioned the use of manipulative videos for the sake of eyeballs and TRPs.
"I have recently come across some AI-generated videos of a film trailer showing me in the role of Maharishi Valmiki. I want to clarify that all such videos are fake and created using AI. What’s worse, some news channels decide to pick these up as ‘news’ without even verifying if these are real or morphed. In today’s time, when misleading content is being produced at great speed through manipulative AI, I sincerely request media houses to verify and report only after authenticating the information," Akshay Kumar wrote.
Akshay Kumar's most recent Hindi film, Jolly LLB 3, is currently playing in theatres.
