AI-Generated Audio Falsely Attributed to Donald Trump Jr. Sparks Backlash

A fabricated audio clip claiming Donald Trump Jr. supported arming Russia over Ukraine was widely shared before being debunked as an AI deepfake.

The fake audio clip, attributed to Donald Trump Jr., suggested the U.S. should have sent weapons to Russia instead of Ukraine, but experts confirmed it was AI-generated.
The Democratic National Committee's FactPostNews account shared the clip before deleting it, citing a policy against misinformation.
Media forensic experts, including Hany Farid of GetReal Labs, analyzed the clip and determined with high confidence that it was a sophisticated AI deepfake.
The fabricated audio falsely claimed to be from Trump Jr.'s podcast episode on Spotify, but the episode in question was not available on the platform and did not contain the remarks on Rumble.
The incident highlights growing concerns over the use of AI technology to create convincing but false political content.