A video of President Bongbong Marcos supposedly promoting a trading platform in partnership with Tesla CEO Elon Musk is circulating online. This is fake and manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI).
Facebook (FB) pages have been sharing since May 27 a three-minute, 49-second video of Marcos supposedly endorsing “TradeVector AI,” a platform that promises Filipino netizens instant income. On June 15, another FB page posted a copy of the video, which a user sent to the VERA Files Misinformation Tipline for verification.
The video carried the headline:
“NEW PLATFORM ELON MUSK TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.”
In the video, Marcos can be seen supposedly promoting the program during a media interview, with the logo of Tesla, Musk’s automotive company, in the background. At the start of the video, the president can be heard saying in part:
“In the next few minutes, I’ll show you how to replicate my success. Watch this video until the end and I’ll tell you how you can earn your first 79,200 php today. First, forget everything you’ve heard about investments. Here’s how it works. Our TradeVector AI algorithm tells you exactly what to do. You just follow the step. It’s that simple….All you need to do is open an account in our program and your balance will start growing….You don’t need much to start. Most brokers require a minimum deposit of just 16, 000 php. No, there’s no catch. I’m not asking anything from you. Your money is safe and you can withdraw it anytime. It’s just your initial trading capital….”
The video then instructs netizens to provide personal information such as full name, email address and phone number to register through a link that leads to an impostor GMA Integrated News page.
The video is AI-manipulated. Marcos and Musk are not promoting such an investment platform.
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