A promotional video for the FBI posted by director Kash Patel appears to have used AI to generate short clips nearly identical to those in the Beastie Boys' iconic music video for their 1994 classic song "Sabotage."
Patel released the video on Monday on X, in a post about the FBI's effort to combat "massive fraud." The roughly-two minute video used the instrumental version of the song "Sabotage," and footage nearly identical to the original music video, interspersed with what appeared to be authentic footage of FBI agents conducting their work. By Tuesday it had received roughly half-a-million views.
An analysis by NPR shows at least six clips in the FBI video were frame-by-frame recreations of shots in the iconic "Sabotage" music video, which was directed by Spike Jonze. The clips featured vehicles, people and buildings that were incredibly similar to the original video, but with small differences that would likely be generated by AI.
Did FBI Director Kash Patel use AI to rip off the Beastie Boys?
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A promotional video for the FBI posted by director Kash Patel appears to have used AI to generate short clips nearly identical to those in the Beastie Boys' iconic music video for their 1994 classic song "Sabotage."
Patel released the video on Monday on X, in a post about the FBI's effort to combat "massive fraud." The roughly-two minute video used the instrumental version of the song "Sabotage," and footage nearly identical to the original music video, interspersed with what appeared to be authentic footage of FBI agents conducting their work.
By Tuesday it had received roughly half-a-million views.
An analysis by NPR shows at least six clips in the FBI video were frame-by-frame recreations of shots in the iconic "Sabotage" music video, which was directed by Spike Jonze. The clips featured vehicles, people and buildings that were incredibly similar to the original video, but with small differences that would likely be generated by AI.