Rapper Lil Tay's death hoax announcement likely to be 'written by AI'
Rapper Lil Tay confirmed her older brother are "safe and alive" after a widespread social media hoax about their alleged death deemed to "most likely been written by AI" after results of an unsettling analysis.
On Wednesday, a statement was released on Lil Tay's Instagram account making the announcement of her young death describing the "'unbearable sorrow" that her family was experiencing after her passing. But since Lil Tay informed the public the news was untrue, AI experts have analysed the statement and found a shockingly high chance that it was generated by artificial intelligence.
After the death statement was analyzed, it was said to have a 89 percent chance of being written by artificial intelligence (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)The statement was typed into ZeroGPT, an online tool that detects the likelihood AI was used in a body of text, and resulted in an alarming 89 percent chance it was generated by artificial intelligence. According to The Sun, the results of the text showed the majority of the statement could be written by AI technology except for the sentence: "Her brother's passing adds an even more unimaginable depth to our grief."
The statement, which has been deleted, wrote: "It is with a heavy heart that we share the devastating news of our beloved Claire's sudden and tragic passing. We have no words to express the unbearable loss and indescribable pain." The statement then continued to ask the public for privacy as they grieved the loss of their loved ones.
The original statement announcing the young rapper's death was originally posted on Rapper Lil Tay's Instagram account allegedly posted by a family member (liltay/Instagram)But as tributes flooded in for the social media star, Lil Tay confirmed to TMZ she is not dead, and that her account was "compromised by a third party". She described the last 24 hours as "traumatising" and has been facing endless phone calls as she tried to sort out the messy rumours. The 15-year-old rapper even went on to point out that her name was incorrect in the statement, and her legal name is Tay Tian not Claire Hope.
Lil Tay's statement in full as rapper and influencer confirms she's 'not dead'
Rapper Lil Tay confirmed to fans that the announcement was a hoax and she and her brother are "alive and safe" (@liltay/instagram)
Lil Tay's former manager as since spoke out about the hoax saying he believes that the rapper "faked her own death" (liltay/Instagram)But as the rapper explained it was a social media hacker to blame for the misinformation, others theorise the young media personality faked her own death, including her former manager Harry Tsang. After confirmation Lil Tay was still alive, Harry shared he believes that there was more to the story. The former manager claimed he believed Lil Tay wrote the message herself. He explained that it was suspicious for a social media platform like Instagram to be able to restore a hacked account within a brisk 24 hours, as this is something that is usually a longer process.
Harry explained that after being familiar with the dynamic of Lil Tay's family he believes that her brother, Jason Titan, could be responsible for the statement as he was known for his "propensity for extreme measures." This comes after Jason has been accused of "coaching" his little sister on what to say in her videos and has been described as "the genius behind the curtain" in relation to Lil Tay's controversial Internet personality.
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