Overview

• The YouTube Short shows crowds with visible artifacts, including distorted faces, stretched or extra limbs, and a sign thanking Smith for helping a fan survive cancer.
• TechCrunch reports earlier tour posts feature the same fans and signs, indicating the clip may collage real images with AI-driven animation.
• The outlet also notes there is no reliable public method to prove AI generation, leaving the footage’s origins unresolved.
• YouTube recently tested automatic unblur and denoise on some Shorts, which TechCrunch says made Smith’s upload look more artificial, and creator liaison Rene Ritchie says an opt-out is coming.
• Smith and his representatives have not commented, the video remains online, and the U.K. leg of his tour continues.