Restaurant owner speaks out following AI-generated video

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Artificial Intelligence

Some damage was done as several people believed the AI video was authentic.

By Candace Sweat •
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As AI grows in popularity and precision, the ability to detect what’s real and what’s not is becoming more difficult. One restaurant owner found himself at the center of a controversy over a video he never created. Candace Sweat shows us the telltale signs of a fake video.

As AI grows in popularity and precision, the ability to detect what’s real and what’s not is becoming more difficult.
A local restaurant owner found himself at the center of a controversy over a video he never created.

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There were some restless nights this week for Ulises Robles, owner of Rio Bravo Mexican Restaurant.
“I haven’t been able to sleep for the past two nights; I’ve been thinking about why people are trying to do this to me,” Robles said.

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Three days ago, his phone started buzzing nonstop with a video people said he needed to see.
“Some of my friends sent it to me, and some of my employees sent it to me and a lot of people have been sending it to me,” he said.
The man in a TikTok video claims to be the owner of Rio Bravo. The man is also seen giving free food to what appears to be ICE agents; saying it was done in a show of support.

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The video, however, was generated by AI. It was not Robles, and he said what’s portrayed in the video never happened.
“I was kind of mad like, ‘why are people taking time to do this?’” he said.
Some damage was done as several people believed the video was authentic.
“My business is based on the Hispanic community, so of course if they see that video they’re going to be scared to come into my business,” said Robles. “They don’t know what’s true and what’s lies, so people are afraid to go out, especially right now.”
Longtime customer Jaun Vazquez saw the video and wanted to find out for himself what was true.
“My only thing was to come over. To come over and actually see what was going on because again I come over here a lot, and I don’t think this is happening over here,” said Vazquez.
Enrique Lara, an internet marketing and technology expert, said AI will only grow in popularity.
“You can notice now. Maybe in a few months you cannot notice because artificial intelligence is growing so fast and eventually you cannot notice,” said Lara.
Vigilance and education are key as well as spotting the telltale signs, according to Lara, who also said that “with artificial intelligence, normally it’s two or three movements. Like one two, one, three, one, two, et cetera.”
For Robles, he felt the only remedy was to serve free meals to anyone who walked through the doors on Thursday.
“A lot of people know me,” Robles said. “I don’t have nothing to do with all that stuff. I belong to the Hispanic community. I’m an immigrant.”
As for the video, he doesn’t know why his business was the target but wants to push back by simply speaking up.

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