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Stephen Hawking deepfake (Oct 2025)

AI-generated videos depicting Stephen Hawking being brutalized in various ways, such as being attacked in a WWE ring, beaten by a UFC fighter, trampled by a bull, attacked by a crocodile, and crashing on a…

Incident date
Oct 2025
Target
Stephen Hawking
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read

AI-generated videos depicting Stephen Hawking being brutalized in various ways, such as being attacked in a WWE ring, beaten by a UFC fighter, trampled by a bull, attacked by a crocodile, and crashing on a skateboard, were created using OpenAI's Sora 2 and shared on social media.

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