Overview

• Viewers flagged distorted faces, extra or oddly shaped fingers, merged limbs and garbled signage in Smith’s crowd shots, citing the “You Can Make It” cancer sign as a focal example.
• Waxy.org matched multiple frames to real photos from recent European shows and argued Smith’s team likely used image‑to‑video tools to animate official crowd stills.
• Google spokesperson Allison Toh said YouTube is running an experiment on select Shorts that uses image enhancement to sharpen content and is not using generative AI.
• Comparisons show the Instagram and Facebook versions look cleaner than YouTube, supporting reports that Shorts post‑processing can amplify AI‑like artifacts.
• Smith’s representatives have not responded to requests for comment as coverage and social‑media criticism continue over authenticity and disclosure.