With world politics changing at dizzying speeds in recent weeks, Elon Musk used fashion to take a jab at current world powers by sharing an AI-generated virtual runway show featuring global political leaders and tech giants.
The SpaceX founder and Trump campaign supporter posted the fake virtual fashion show Sunday on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, which he controls and of which is the largest shareholder. Pope Francis opens the digital event wearing a white Balenciaga-like puffer coat similar to the deep fake Midjourney-created one that went viral last year. Clocking just under two minutes, the AI-created show also features likenesses of Russian president Vladimir Putin in a rainbow-colored strapless Louis Vuitton-inspired gown, Kamala Harris in a coconut-like bikini top and “Harris 2024”-imprinted skirt and Donald Trump in an orange pinstripe prison-like jumpsuit with “LV” logos on the chest and with dangling handcuffs.
The AI-generated models include one designed to look like Donald Trump.
Musk has pledged $45 million to a pro-Trump PAC, as the former president continues with his reelection bid. The video also has a Hillary Clinton-inspired character in a red pantsuit covered with what looks like “Supreme” logos — (absent the second “e”); a Joe Biden-inspired persona is featured wearing aviator sunglasses and in a camouflage suit going down the runway in a wheelchair, and there is a likeness of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un wearing a chunky gold chain and hooded coat covered with images of him and “Kim” printed across the chest. The virtual fake runway show had 104.6 million views on “X.”
The virtual show features an AI-generated Joe Biden-type charcater.
Ih his “High time for an AI fashion show” post, Musk also…