{"id":682,"date":"2025-07-03T02:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/racist-videos-made-with-ai-are-going-viral-on-tiktok\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T02:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:01:44","slug":"racist-videos-made-with-ai-are-going-viral-on-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/racist-videos-made-with-ai-are-going-viral-on-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Racist videos made with AI are going viral on TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Racist videos that appear to be created with Google\u2019s AI video generation tool Veo 3 have raked in millions of views across TikTok, according to findings<\/a> from the nonprofit media watchdog Media Matters. The AI-generated videos uncovered by the organization are filled with racist tropes, many of which target Black people.<\/p>\n

Media Matters determined that the videos \u2014 one of which received 14.2 million views \u2014 were generated with Google Veo 3 because of the \u201cVeo\u201d watermark in the corner of the clips. Some users also listed hashtags, captions, or usernames pertaining to Veo 3 or AI, according to Media Matters. Each clip found by the organization lasted just eight seconds, or was \u201ccomposed of multiple clips each lasting no more than 8 seconds,\u201d which tracks with Veo 3\u2019s eight-second limit.<\/p>\n

Veo 3, launched by Google in May, allows users to generate<\/a> AI video clips and audio with just a text prompt. On its website<\/a>, Google says it will \u201cblock harmful requests and results.\u201d TikTok\u2019s rules<\/a> similarly state that \u201chate speech and hateful behavior has no place on TikTok,\u201d and that the platform \u201cwill not recommend content that contains negative stereotypes about a person or group with a protected attribute.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe proactively enforce robust rules against hateful speech and behavior and have removed the accounts we identified in the report, many of which were already\u00a0banned prior to the report publishing,\u201d TikTok spokesperson Ariane de Selliers said in a statement to The Verge<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Verge<\/em> found some of the videos highlighted by Media Matters were also on YouTube but with fewer views, while Wired <\/em>also discovered similar,<\/a> racist AI-generated videos on Instagram.\u00a0Other videos found by Media Matters contain antisemitic content and racist depictions of immigrants and Asian people.<\/p>\n

Google didn\u2019t immediately respond to The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Update, July 2nd: <\/strong>Added a statement from TikTok.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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