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[Ocelot II]

1. What did he say?

[BComplex]

2. Pretty much that Donald Trump is at a crossroads spiritually, and he has to choose a path

IOW, and IMHO, trump is headed where he and the republicans belong if they don't change their ways.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. He didn't. It's AI.

[Sessuch]

3. Ai

Is this AI generated?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. This is AI slop. Get some discernment. It's right fuckin there on the video notes!

This video contains AI-generated content intended for spiritual reflection, artistic interpretation, and commentary. All material presented is used under Fair Use (Section 107 of the Copyright Act) for purposes such as education, commentary, criticism, and public interest. This is not an official statement from the Vatican or Pope Leo XIV. Viewer discretion and critical thought are encouraged.

[Ocelot II]

6. Turns out it's AI and not even the Pope's words.

Maybe this needs to go?

[returnee]

7. That's unbelievable!

I had a vision that he would do something like this. I know people will wonder if it’s fake. To me, I like the overall message anyway.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. It *is* unbelievable because he didn't say it. It's fake.

[TheProle]

9. "To me, I like the overall message anyway."

AI is good at that.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

10. There is no message when something is fake n/t

[Ocelot II]

11. That's because it's fake AI slop.

[highplainsdem]

12. Please delete this garbage, which was AI-generated by some creep treating the pope as a puppet for

the creep's YouTube channel.

[Renew Deal]

13. This appears to be AI generated misinformation

[Yonnie3]

14. Vatican struggles against spread of 'deepfake' images of Pope Leo XIV

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266765/vatican-struggles-against-spread-of-deepfake-images-of-pope-leo-xiv

Vatican City, Sep 25, 2025 / 09:57 am

Did you hear what Pope Leo XIV said about Charlie Kirk or President Donald Trump? What about his thoughts on the Rapture or whether it’s OK to be cremated?

These are just a few of the topics the pontiff has appeared to speak about at length in videos popping up every day on social media. The problem is the videos are not real, and the Vatican is struggling to fight their spread.

The Vatican’s communications team said it has reported hundreds of accounts, mostly on YouTube, posting fake, AI-created videos — called deepfakes — of Pope Leo since the start of his pontificate. But it’s an uphill battle with new accounts, videos, and images appearing as quickly as others are removed.

“We are witnessing the exponential proliferation of a series of YouTube channels with fake videos, all similar to one another, some speaking in the voice of Leo XIV, others in that of his translators, still others in the third person. All use artificial intelligence to make the pope say things he never said,” the Dicastery for Communication said in a statement to CNA.

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[Omaha Steve]

15. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING

It is not really the Pope, but AI and not an official statement from Pope Leo.