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\u201cWatch your step sir, keep moving,\u201d a police officer with a vest that reads ICE and a patch that reads \u201cPOICE\u201d says to a Latino-appearing man wearing a Walmart employee vest. He leads him toward a bus that reads \u201cIMMIGRATION AND CERS.\u201d Next to him, one of his colleagues begins walking unnaturally sideways, one leg impossibly darting through another as he heads to the back of a line of other Latino Walmart employees who are apparently being detained by ICE. Two American flag emojis are superimposed on the video, as is the text \u201cDeportation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video<\/a> has 4 million views, 16,600 likes, 1,900 comments, and 2,200 shares on Facebook. It was, obviously, generated by OpenAI’s Sora.<\/p>\n Some of the comments seem to understand this: \u201cWhy is he walking like that?\u201d one says. \u201cAI the guys foot goes through his leg,\u201d another says. Many of the comments clearly do not: \u201cOh, you\u2019ll find lots of them at Walmart,\u201d another top comment reads. \u201cWalmart doesn\u2019t do paperwork before they hire you?\u201d another says. \u201cThey removing zombies from Walmart before Halloween?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The latest trend in Facebook\u2019s ever downward spiral down the AI slop toilet<\/a> are AI deportation videos. These are posted by an account called \u201cUSA Journey 897\u201d and have the general vibe of actual propaganda videos posted by ICE and the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s social media accounts. Many of the AI videos focus on workplace deportations, but some are similar to horrifying, real videos we have seen from ICE raids in Chicago and Los Angeles. The account was initially flagged to 404 Media by Chad Loder<\/a>, an independent researcher. <\/p>\n The videos universally have text superimposed over the three areas of a video where OpenAI\u2019s Sora video generator places watermarks. This, as well as the style of the videos being generated and tests done by 404 Media to make very similar videos, show that they were generated with Sora, highlighting how tools released by some of the richest companies in the world are being combined to generate and monetize videos that take advantage of human suffering (and how incredibly easy it is to hide a Sora watermark).<\/p>\n \u201cPLEASE THAT\u2019S MY BABY,\u201d a dark-skinned woman screams while being restrained by an ICE officer<\/a> in another video. \u201cMa\u2019am stop resisting, keep moving,\u201d an officer says back. The camera switches to an image of the baby: \u201cYOU CAN\u2019T TAKE ME FROM HER, PLEASE SHE\u2019S RIGHT THERE. DON\u2019T DO THIS, SHE\u2019S JUST A BABY. I LOVE YOU, MAMA LOVES YOU,\u201d the woman says. The video switches to a scene of the woman in the back of an ICE van. The video has 1,400 likes and 407 comments, which include \u201c Don\u2019t separate them\u2026.take them ALL!,\u201d \u201cTake the baby too,\u201d and \u201cI think the days of use those child anchors are about over with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n This post is for paid members only<\/p>\n Become a paid member for unlimited ad-free access to articles, bonus podcast content, and more.<\/p>\n