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In a dramatic video that makes the rounds of social media, more than twelve Jewish celebrities condemn the artist YE for the latest barrier of anti -Semitic observations. Or so it seems. Proves to The video is createdalthough some argue that he does not make his message less important or strong.
“For those who can’t say, this video is the AI ​​created, but it’s still amazing,” writes the author and businessman Ed Krassenstein after sharing the black and white video with his 1 million x fans on Tuesday. “The world must see that,” he said.
The video shows celebrities like Sacha Baron Cohen, Drake, Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Jerry Seinfeld, Steven Spielberg, Ben Stiller and Mark Zuckerberg wearing the same white t -shirt with the back of a hand with a Hebrew hand Star on it, a middle finger got up. The name Kanye appears under the hand, making it plenty of clear who has been reversed. A real version of this shirt is now sell in different colors on the internet.
In the video, the Jewish folk song “Hava Nagila” plays in the background and in the end a message blinks on the screen. “It’s enough enough,” he reads. “Join the fight against anti -Semitism.” The video comes amid a worrying global increase in anti -Semitism.
Who’s behind the video?
The video is the work of Guy Bar and Ori Bejerano, digital traders working for Creative Agency Gitam BBDo based in Israel, is the head of innovation and Bejerano as an expert of genetic-AI.
“It’s time to stop being silent and respond to anti -Semites like Kanye West in the strongest way possible”, Bejerano wrote on Post Instagram when you share the point. “It is forbidden to continue to make Kanye West a feeling and a trick – it’s dangerous and it’s time to deal with it.” A message next to the fake video reports that it has been done with the help of artificial intelligence.
YE’s talent organization threw him as a customer this week after a series of anti -Semitic storms he posted online for several days. “I’m Nazi,” you said on X on the weekend. The rapper and the designer, who has a historical anti -Semitic observations, also said he would never apologize for comments about the Jews, although he published publicly in 2023.
You also briefly Sold t -shirts carrying a swastika, the Nazi party symbol as a single object On the website of the fashion brand Yeezy.com. The Shopify e -commerce platform has taken the website down, saying on Tuesday that you have violated its terms.
The video created by AI responding to Ye’s behavior has been aired many millions of times on the internet, with the reaction exceeding the expectations of the creators.
“We believe this is due to the fact that it touches exposed nerves of millions of people – people who are tired of violence, racism, anti -Semitism”, bar wrote in a translated LinkedIn post to which he answers frequently questions about the project. “In the end, the video was only the race that triggered a fire that was waiting for it to burn for a long time.”
The couple chose the designated elements both because they are Jews and because they are “part of Kanye West’s social and cultural environment, part of his world”, according to the bar. They deliberately intend graphics as opposed to the provocative style of YE.
But is AI the right messenger?
While the video has taken attention to his message – “Love It”, actor Billy Baldwin responded to X. “Support 100 percent” – is also a dispute to become artificial intelligence. Johansson, for one, denounces the videodemanding a ban on deep.
“I am a Jewish woman who has no tolerance for anti -Semitism or speech of hate any kind,” Johansson said in a media statement. “But I also believe that the possibility of speaking hate that multiplied by AI is a much greater threat than any person who gets accountable for it. We must call AI abuse, regardless of his messages, or risk losing reality . “
Neither the bar nor Bejerano immediately responded to a request for annotation as to whether they had heard directly from any of those presented in the video. Made the video without the consent of the celebrities involved, Yahoo news reports.
At LinkedIn, Bar said he respects Johansson’s position and the biggest discussion on the responsible use of AI.
“There is no doubt that this technology creates moral challenges and these types of discussions are important and necessary,” the bar writes. “At the same time, it is important to clarify: the video is not commercial, but rather an artistic and cultural statement aimed at dealing with the alarming increase in anti -Semitism. Throughout history, art, satire and stories were strong weapons in the fight for Social justice.
Anti -Semitism has reached a subversion point in America, the US Jewish Committee Ted Deutch said when AJC was released 2024 annual State of anti -Semitism in America report Wednesday. “This one -third of American Jews was the goal of anti -Semitism in the past year should increase the red flags for every American and our leaders.” More than 56% of American Jews asked about the report said they had changed their behavior by the fear of anti -Semitism.
In an same report, AJC, which supports the Jewish people worldwide, said that as AI grows, about half of the US Jews not trusting the companies using technology to protect their products or platforms from anti -Semitism or misinformation for the Jews.
