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The former president — DJing in Arizona ?

A social media post led millions to mistakenly believe the former commander-in-chief was spinning records.

Images seemingly showing former President Barack Obama DJing in Arizona garnered over 1.1 million views on TikTok and 4 million on Instagram.

The catch? It never happened. It was all artificial intelligence .

What they're saying:

"I posted it, and it pretty much went viral overnight," said event photographer Alexander Peet.

The idea came to Peet while he was experimenting with a new AI editing tool. He used photos of DJ Dillon Francis at the Goldrush Music Festival at Chandler's Rawhide Western Town and added his own little spin.

"I put his picture in and said take out the tattoos, replace his face with Ob

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