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Will Smith Accused of Creating an AI Crowd for Tour Video

Charisma Madarang

created: Aug. 26, 2025, 12:08 a.m. | updated: Aug. 26, 2025, 4:25 p.m.

Footage from Will Smith‘s comeback Based on a True Story tour has got perceptive online viewers pointing out curious happenings among the crowd. In a story published in The Atlantic last week, YouTuber Rhett Shull said that he believes that YouTube is using “AI upscaling” on his videos, which involves dialing up an image’s resolution and detail. “I think it’s gonna lead people to think that I am using AI to create my videos. “It will inevitably erode viewers’ trust in my content.”A rep for Smith and a rep for YouTube did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s requests for comment. Last month, The AI band The Velvet Sundown went viral and garnered a flurry of media coverage after suddenly appearing on popular Spotify playlists.

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