Deepfake case study · Image
Saturday Night Live (SNL) deepfake (Dec 2025)
SNL is suspected of using an AI-generated image during a 'Weekend Update' segment. The image accompanied a joke about President Trump and featured characteristics of AI-generated content. An AI detector gave the…
- Incident date
- Dec 2025
- Target
- Saturday Night Live (SNL)
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
SNL is suspected of using an AI-generated image during a 'Weekend Update' segment. The image accompanied a joke about President Trump and featured characteristics of AI-generated content. An AI detector gave the image a 99.9% probability of being AI-generated.