The Ba­hamas gov­ern­ment says a video cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia and show­ing Prime Min­is­ter Philip Davis pro­mot­ing an in­vest­ment scheme is “fake and gen­er­at­ed us­ing ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence (AI) tech­nol­o­gy”.

In a brief state­ment, the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter said that the video was not “pro­duced, au­tho­rized, or en­dorsed by the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter or any gov­ern­ment agency.”

The Ba­hamas PM’s Of­fice re­lease stat­ed:

“We strong­ly cau­tion the pub­lic against shar­ing or re­ly­ing on dig­i­tal­ly ma­nip­u­lat­ed me­dia de­signed to mis­lead or ex­ploit.”

It said that the mat­ter has since been re­ferred to the Roy­al Ba­hamas Po­lice Force for fur­ther in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

“We urge all Ba­hami­ans to re­main vig­i­lant, ver­i­fy sources of in­for­ma­tion, and re­port sus­pi­cious or mis­lead­ing con­tent to the prop­er au­thor­i­ties,” the state­ment added. —NAS­SAU, Ba­hamas (CMC)