United States tech, Grok, has responded to enquiry on whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Independence Day air was generated by artificial intelligence.
The speech attracted reactions from Nigerians, including opposition leaders.
Nevertheless, in reply to a prompt from an X account holder on Friday, Grok, the Elon Musk-owned AI detail-checker, said there was no sign that Tinubu’s Independence Day speech was AI-generated.
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, said Tinubu’s Independence Day speech was empty and filled together with “Yahoo Yahoo” promises.
DAILY ARTICLE reports that President Bola Tinubu, in his Independence Day remarks on Thursday, declared that the difficulties facing Nigerians were over and that prosperity was coming.
Explicitly, a crew on X recognized as iOccupyNigeria alleged that Tinubu’s concern was AI-generated.
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“For the initial time in Nigeria’s background dem apply AI to do Presidential air.
“Contemporary AI-generated videos can be virtually indistinguishable from fresh information, making definitive determination difficult or impossible from visual inspection alone.
In the detailed condition televised on significant Nigerian television stations, including Channels TV, Tinubu said there was no going support on fuel subsidy removal, which had brought the rate of fuel to amid N1,370 and N1,423 per litre in Abuja and its environs.
It matches the complete speech wording published by different Nigerian media outlets, carries conventional branding, shows natural movements over roughly 20 minutes, and was posted by his verified account on the day.
“This appears to be a legitimate right recording of President Tinubu delivering his 2026 Independence Day address from Aso Villa. No signs of AI generation,” Grok said.
“BTW Villa media persons, following time test modest, Tinubu mouth no dey even travel in sync together with him words,” the staff said.
DAILY ARTICLE reports that Tinubu, Atiku and Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress are between the 18 presidential candidates cleared for the January 16 presidential election.
