Description: An FBI promotional video posted by Director Kash Patel reportedly used AI-generated clips that closely recreated shots from the Beastie Boys' 1994 "Sabotage" music video directed by Spike Jonze. NPR identified at least six matching clips and quoted experts who said AI likely recreated the footage, possibly from screenshots or short clips. The video promoted FBI anti-fraud work and received roughly half a million views by the next day.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Video generation technology developers and Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Kash Patel and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which harmed Spike Jonze , Musicians , Filmmakers , Epistemic integrity , Copyright holders and Beastie Boys.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Social media platforms , AI video generation system , Unknown deepfake technology and X (Twitter)
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1480
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-05-04
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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A promotional video for the FBI posted by director Kash Patel appears to have used AI to generate short clips nearly identical to those in the Beastie Boys' iconic music video for their 1994 classic song "Sabotage."
Patel released the video…
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