--- title: "Creepy Deepfake Shows Biden Sing the “National Anthem”: Baby Shark" description: "Someone made an amazing, horrific deepfake of President Joe Biden singing \"Baby Shark\" and calling it our \"national anthem.\"" date: "2022-10-26" modified: "2022-10-26" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/deepfake-biden-baby-shark" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "deepfake" - "disinformation" - "joe biden" - "the digest" --- # Creepy Deepfake Shows Biden Sing the “National Anthem”: Baby Shark ![Someone made an amazing, horrific deepfake of President Joe Biden singing "Baby Shark" and calling it our "national anthem."]() *\Image: Synthetic Voices\* ## Doo Doo Doo Doo Someone deepfaked a video of President Joe Biden singing "Baby Shark" and calling it our "national anthem" — and as scary as that precedent is, the video itself is pretty amazing. "Ladies and gentlemen, and now, our great national anthem," the president is heard saying [in the video]() before busting out into a rendition of the worst children's song earworm since "[Do You Want to Build a Snowman]()?" ## Concern Quotient Shortly after the edited video began circulating — with right-wingers claiming alongside it, of course, that it was evidence that Biden was suffering from dementia — the [*Associated Press* debunked]() the disinformation associated with the video and confirmed that it was, indeed, a deepfake. The concept that bad actors could morph footage to make anyone say anything they want is, in a word, [terrifying](). When applied to a figure as powerful as an American president, those issues go from concerning to alarming, with fears that phony videos could have long-lasting repercussions or be used to control public people a la "[Black Mirror]()." ## Feats of Tech In spite of the high creepiness factor, however, it's worth taking a moment to recognize how impressive this technology is. While it's fairly clear that the president's voice and mouth have been edited in this specific example, an untrained eye or a cursory glance — such as on TikTok, where the video also [circulated heavily]() — might not catch that it's a fake. That, in an of itself, is a huge feat of technology that has only just begun being perfected. We've entered a brave new world of AI — and it's able to make creepy, hilarious, and alarming videos of the president singing children's songs and calling them the national anthem. **More AI:** *[People Can't Stop Feeding Their Selfies Into a Super Mean AI]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()