Justin Bieber Thinks Deepfake of Tom Cruise Is Real, Challenges It to Fight – Futurism

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Justin Bieber seems to have gotten tricked online, as hes been heckling a deepfake of Tom Cruise as though he were interacting with the real actor.

Unless hes pulling a prank of his own, Bieber seems to have fallen for the trickery of DeepTomCruise, a TikTok account that posts videos of a convincing deepfake version of Tom Cruise, the Daily Dot noticed. Bieber shared a video of the deepfake playing guitar to his Instagram story but tagged the real Tom Cruise in which he complimented the actors musical prowess then challenged him to a fight. Its a bizarre, comical mistake, but it also hints at how easy it is for synthesized media to trick people who arent looking out for it.

@Tomcruise Im impressed with your guitar skills, Bieber wrote in his post. But you could still catch these hands my boy.

In another post of the same video, Bieber added ALL JOKES ASIDE @tomcruise your shredding on that guitar, once again tagging the real actor who, if he was paying attention at all, must have been confused by now.

In actuality, Bieber was complimenting both the guitar playing of actor Miles Fisher and the special effects prowess of deepfake creator Chris Ume, who edited Cruises face onto Fishers body.

Two hours later, Bieber realized his mistake.

Thats not really Tom Cruise? he wrote in another post. Lol, oh well, still hilarious.

So far, Cruise hasnt given a public response to Biebers posts, the Daily Dot notes. So the jurys still out on whether Bieber still wants to fight.

READ MORE: Justin Bieber got duped into picking a fight with a Tom Cruise deepfake [Daily Dot]

More on deepfakes: Uncanny Deepfake Tom Cruise Fools People on TikTok

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