CLAIM: An audio clip features President Joe Biden speaking in private about the recent turmoil in the banking system.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The audio is not authentic. It has glaring signs of manipulation, including speech patterns that are not normal. Experts say it was likely created using an artificial voice generator.
THE FACTS: In the days following President Joe Biden’s Monday remarks about the government’s response to recent bank failures, an audio clip purporting to feature Biden speaking privately about his dire assessment of the state of the banking system spread widely online.
The audio circulated as part of a video clip, which displays a moving vintage tape recorder while the voice speaks. Static can be heard in the background while the voice makes comments like, “All the money is gone” and “a collapse is imminent.” The voice also suggests using the “full force of the media” to calm the public, and utters nonsensical strings of words at several points. Prior to the audio segment, the video features a man speculating that the audio is of Biden talking in private before his press conference. The man also says in the video that he doesn’t know if the audio is authentic.
The video spread on various social media platforms. One TikTok user wrote, “Biden talking about all banks collapsing??”
But the audio is a glaring fake, experts who analyzed the content told The Associated Press.
The pitch of the voice in the audio is unnaturally low and doesn’t resemble a real...
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