Newsmax Fooled by AI Deepfake in “Cost of Free Stuff” Segment

In a striking example of the growing deception in our digital age, Newsmax recently aired an AI-generated video as if it were real footage—using it to ridicule struggling Americans reliant on food assistance. The fifteen-second clip, likely made with OpenAI’s Sora 2 video generator, showed a woman angrily confronting a cashier after her food stamps were “cut.” News anchor Carl Higbie used the fabricated footage to criticize low-income citizens as entitled, mocking their appearance and implying abuse of government aid. The problem? The woman never existed. The “evidence” fueling the outrage was artificial—a creation of code and pixels designed to provoke division.

For prophecy watchers, this episode underscores how deception has become both high-tech and mainstream. The Apostle Paul warned that in the last days, people would “exchange the truth of God for a lie” (Romans 1:25). AI deepfakes now blur the line between reality and fabrication, shaping narratives and stirring anger with manufactured images. When truth becomes subjective and outrage is automated, society drifts closer to the strong delusion foretold in 2 Thessalonians 2:10–11. The age of deception is no longer coming—it’s being broadcast in real time.

SOURCE: Futurism