Trump Posts AI Video Which Promotes a Magic 'Med Bed' That Can Cure Any Disease (www.mediaite.com)

Former President Donald Trump posted — and later deleted — an AI-generated deepfake video on Truth Social that showed him promoting “med beds,” a long-standing far-right conspiracy that claims a magical device can cure any disease and regrow limbs. The clip was fabricated to look like a Fox News segment (purportedly from My View with Lara Trump); Fox quickly denied it ever aired. In the video “AI Trump” promises that every American will get a medbed card and access to hospitals equipped with these miracle machines, a claim with no scientific basis that revives a dangerous public-health hoax. The incident matters because it illustrates how realistic synthetic media can be weaponized by high-profile figures to legitimize fringe conspiracies and spread medical misinformation. Technically, the clip was created with generative media tools capable of mimicking broadcast visuals and speech, highlighting challenges for provenance, detection, and moderation: metadata can be stripped, visual artifacts can be subtle, and platforms struggle to police rapidly produced deepfakes. The episode underscores urgent needs for robust deepfake detection, mandatory provenance/watermarking standards, clearer platform policies, and potential regulatory scrutiny to curb amplification of harmful AI-generated content — especially when it targets public health and democratic discourse.