AI-generated videos of Elon Musk asking people to invest in cryptocurrency were uploaded to the Channel Seven YouTube channel after it appeared to be hacked.
The footage showed audience members asking questions as a fake version of the Tesla CEO encouraged people to scan a QR code and invest money. Channel Seven has launched an investigation after its YouTube channel was apparently hacked to show on-loop videos of an AI-generated version of Tesla CEO Elon Musk .
An audience was even seen in the footage, with some members asking Mr Musk questions before he continued to say twice as much would return to investors' wallets. Some other channels operated by the media company are still active, with the apparent hack also affecting 7 News, Spotlight and the old Today Tonight channel before all content was deleted from each page on Thursday afternoon."Seven is aware that some of its branded YouTube channels are not appearing as they should," they told the ABC.It comes after mass redundancies across Seven West Media were announced this week, with 150 staff members expected to lose their jobs.
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