BarcelonaUS President Donald Trump once again blurred the lines between reality and fiction by releasing a video on X that appeared to show comedian Stephen Colbert thrown into a trash can and then dancing, created using artificial intelligence. The White House has re-released the montage, which ignores the sense of institutional restraint previously seen in such leaders. Additionally, the message puts the CBS network, which has always maintained that its decision to cancel the show was solely for financial reasons, in an uncomfortable situation.
According to the company, each season Stephen Colbert’s Late Show It generated a loss of $40 million. But many believe the media group forced the end of the show to satisfy the Ellis family, the conglomerate owners who are becoming one of the president’s key allies in the media sector. Proof of this is the sudden editorial change that news channel CBS News has made since the appointment of the famous Bari Weiss as director. anti-awakening No TV experience.
The video sparked a classic polarization on social media between those praising the cancellation, believing Colbert was only humorously criticizing the MAGA movement, and those condemning the trampling of free expression. Some users have used Grok’s video creation services and X’s AI tools to create their own versions in which Trump is the one who ends up in the trash.
This is not the first time a US president has used artificial intelligence to humiliate perceived political opponents, and progressive media outlets in particular have a soft spot for it. A few months ago, he released a video in which he appeared. wrestling The ring was used to repeatedly attack a fighter whose face was replaced with the logo of the CNN channel. The channel is part of the Warner empire, which is about to take over the Ellis family empire.
