Akshay Kumar slams AI videos of him in Valmiki's role

What's the story

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has slammed the use of artificial intelligence to generate clips showing him as Maharishi Valmiki. The actor took to X (formerly Twitter) to clarify that the apparent movie trailer was fake and was created using artificial intelligence. He also urged fans and media houses to be careful while consuming such content.

Statement

Kumar's statement on X

Kumar's statement read, "I have recently come across some AI-generated videos of a film trailer showing me in the role of Maharishi Valmiki." "I want to clarify that all such videos are fake and created using AI." "What's worse, some news channels decide to pick these up as 'news' without even verifying if these are real or morphed."

Appeal

'Request media houses to verify, report after authenti