A screenshot of a video released by U.S. President Donald Trump about an attack on a ship that he believed was carrying drugs and had left Venezuela.
Venezuela accuses the U.S. of creating with artificial intelligence the video published on Tuesday of an attack on a ship that, according to Washington, was carrying drugs and had left the South American country.
Through Telegram, Venezuelan Communication Minister Freddy Ñáñez said on Tuesday that “it seems” that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “continues to lie to his president,” Donald Trump, and “after putting him in a dead end, he now gives him as ‘proof’ an AI video.”
To support his claim, he attached a technical analysis of the video in question, where the artificial intelligence platform Gemeni surmised that it is “very likely” that the video was generated by an artificial intelligence system.
According to the technical report, the ship’s explosion is more like a “simplified, almost cartoon-like animation than a realistic depiction.” He also pointed out the presence of “movement artifacts,” a “lack of realistic detail” and a behavior of the water that looks “very stylized and unnatural.”
“Enough of Marco Rubio encouraging war and trying to stain President Donald Trump’s hands with blood. Venezuela is not a threat,” said the minister, who shared on his Telegram channel the video published by the U.S. president.
On the same day, the U.S. president said that U.S. troops, who have been deployed in the Caribbean, attacked a “ship with drugs” that allegedly left Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang.
Then, on social media, Trump claimed that eleven people were killed in the military operation, and posted a video of a small boat that appears to explode in flames.
Tensions between the United States and Venezuela have been rising following the deployment of more than 4,000 additional Marines, three destroyers (USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham and USS Sampson), an attack submarine and other equipment in the southern Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela with the purported goal of confronting drug cartels. although it is known that 90% of these drugs reach the United States through the Pacific Ocean.
The Venezuelan government has categorically rejected the accusation of drug trafficking, warning of Washington’s attempts to use the alleged fight against drug trafficking as a pretext to “attack” Venezuela.
In response to these threats, Caracas announced an “important deployment of drones with different missions” and “river tours with Marines” in the northwest of the Bolivarian country.
Also, Venezuela began the voluntary process of military readiness in the face of growing threats from the U.S. and the deployment of its forces and ships in the Caribbean.
