On Oct. 10, 2023, the purported celebrity gossip YouTube channel Drama Bay published a video that claimed comedian Ricky Gervais had exposed actor Tom Hanks' "disappointment" over Gervais "exposing Hollywood elites."
The clip's title read, "Ricky Gervais Exposes Tom Hanks Disappointment Over Him Exposing Hollywood Elites." The video had been viewed over 25,000 times on Drama Bay's YouTube channel at the time of this writing.
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The YouTube video also circulated on TikTok, with one post we found on the platform that featured a clip of the YouTube video having over 152,000 views at the time of this writing. We also found posts on Facebook that linked to the video.
The title/assertion of the YouTube video was false. The clip never provided evidence that Hanks was "disappointed" over Gervais "exposing Hollywood elites" for any questionable acts, nor that Gervais had "exposed" Hanks for this supposed disappointment. This clip's narration, scripting, sequencing and thumbnail image all looked to have been a product of artificial intelligence (AI), video-creation tools.
At the bottom of the description under the YouTube video, a disclaimer said:
Content might be gossip, rumors, exaggerated or indirectly besides the truth. Viewer advised to do own research before forming their opinion. Content might be opinionated.
As we've seen with many of these AI-generated videos across multiple celebrity gossip YouTube channels, this clip contained a misleading...
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