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Story summary
- FBI director Kash Patel posted a video that recreates six scenes from the Beastie Boys’ 1994 “Sabotage” video, mixing AI-generated with FBI footage.
- NPR analysts identified AI artifacts including missing car grille and telephone line through a character’s head.
- Bellingcat researcher Kolina Koltai and professor Hany Farid concluded AI techniques created clips.
- By Tuesday the video hit half a million X views, prompting no comment from FBI or band’s reps.
